Re: ASX server still not working

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In Reply to: Re: ASX server still not working posted by Mark on September 04, 2000 at 19:49:18:

: : Mark

: : I have to admit the situation is more complex than I thought. I tried various situations today, before and after close of trading.

: : When I tried to update a portfolio with only a few ticker codes, it mostly worked on plain vanilla (3 character) ticker codes, but sometimes not.

: : When I tried to update big portfolios, some codes did not update ( examples: AKC CML CBA CPU NAB ORI PPT TAH TEL ). However when submitted as part of smaller portfolios, these mostly updated.

: : Usually the first few codes in a portfolio updated, with problems arising later in the list.

: : Ticker codes of the form XXXHX (income securities) never update -- as they once used to. Nor do codes like XXXGX. However XXXCX (instalment receipts) now seem to work, as do XXXDX (one form of preference share) or XXXPx (another form).

: : I am a bit puzzled, but (a) I know that all the data are there somewher on the ASX site; and (b) it would be really nice to be able to get it in one go, or even two.

: : Cheers

: : Vince FitzGerald

: Hi Vince,
: I added one of your sample tickers (AKC) to my sample portfolio that contains
: 10 investments. All investments updated okay. Maybe there is something
: unique about your large portfolio that I'm not capturing in my tests. If you
: would be willing to send us a portfolio with investments that can reproduce
: a problem updating a supported symbol (non income securities) then we can
: take a look to see what is happening with your data.

: Thanks,
: Mark
: --
: Mark Beiley
:
: Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
:
:

Hi There,
I have experienced problems updating from the ASX over recent days. I could not get reliable updates with either Fund Manager or Personal Stock Monitor. Even single queries direct to the ASX site were freezing.

However, since Monday night, the problems have gone away so I guess the problem was with the ASX site and not the software.

cheers
Roger

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