How to get Data via Internet from another Database?

["Hans-Joachim Leidinger" <hans-joachim.leidinger@home.gelsen-net.de>]

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Dear reader,

sorry for my bad englisch. I hope you can help me.

I have Minivend with a special products-Database (i.e. only
Sci-Fi-books). Any visitor in my shop wish to buy other book (i.e.
Fantasy-Book). I have a connection via Internet to another Database of
books (over 1.000.000 books).

To get any Data from the big bookstore, there are some condition...

1.
URL to call the big-bookstore:
http://www.bigstore.de/cgi-bin/bigsearch.exe?opacdb=bigstoredatabase&Akt
ion=Start&Caller=<my member-number>&uid=<uid>

(The visitor search a book to buy and is finish (after selection the
book). The visitor click the back-button to my shop. The button have a
return-URL to my shop. The basketinformation from the bigstore is behind
the return-URL.
I.e. I get Data from the bigstore with the format
    <my return-link>&UID=<my
member-number>,<date>,<time>&onum1=<n1>&otitle1=<t1>&ocode1=<i1>&oprice1
=<p1>(Data of 1.title)....etc..

description:
n = order_quantity
t = title
i = code
p = price

for example

http://www.myshop.de/simple.cgi/uid=aHfser:123&onum1=1&title1=The white
house fantasy!&ocode=12345&oprice=9.99 DM&onum2=....etc.)

2. To erase all userinformation (vivistorinformation) in the bigstore,
the action is to call

http://www.bigstore.de/cgi-bin/bigsearch.exe?opacdb=bigstoredatabase&Akt
ion=Start&Caller=<my member-number>&uid=<uid>&option=delete

How can i do, to get the basketinformation into the minivendbasket? How
can i tell minivend, to get the item-information from the bigstore into
the basket of minivend?

Another question!

If minivend find product more than the number of mv_matchlimit and i use
the tag [more-list], how can i do, to use a button (left-arrow and/or
right-arrow)? For example:

            <button-immage-left-arrow> Previous 1  2  3  .... Next
<button-immage-right-arrow>

I hope, anybody give me usefull information to help me!

Thank you very mutch!

Your Joachim

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