Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/26/06 19:08

richard wrote:
> http://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/CompanySnapshot.aspx
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> How could I go about automating a search of this site's database?
> I'm not interested in all the details they present on the output form, just
> the bare basics.
> That is, trucking company name, city location, and zip code and a couple of
> other fields
> With over a million records, manual searching is out of the question.
> Every trucking company is required to have, and display, a USDOT number.
> Using that field as a starting point, one might be able to extract the rest
> of the information.
> Going by a name search, the site only returns 500 matches and does not care
> where in the name the field appears.
>
> I'm open to suggestions.
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Get a copy of the database from FMCSA?

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