Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/28/06 12:35

richard wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:_t6dnSfLTd_aAW3ZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>richard wrote:
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>>>http://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/CompanySnapshot.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Get a copy of the database from FMCSA?
>
>
> Have asked, no reply yet.
>
>
>

You may have to dig around to find the right person(s) to ask. If it's
like other federal agencies, people just ignore questions not in their
job function. And if it is in their job function, they may or may not
answer - depending on whether the coin comes up heads or tails :-)

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