Re: Web query against MSN Money
- From: "Don Guillett" <donaldb@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:27:40 -0500
Why use MSN when you know how to use Yahoo which is MUCH better?
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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
donaldb@xxxxxxx
"RossR" <RossR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I posted the below to various technical support groups. Anyone have any
ideas?
>
> ________________________________________________________
>
> I have been passed across multiple technical support groups, with each
> stating that the problem is in another area. This email is being sent to
the
> Office, MSN, and Money technical support groups. Surely one of you should
own
> the problem.
>
> The problem is with the MSN Money website. I have used Excel web queries
for
> years to download financial data. In the last couple of weeks it has
stopped
> working BECAUSE A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE WEBSITE. I am trying to cut
my
> losses at this point and determine if it is temporary, and if anyone is
> working on it, or if MSN has decided to not allow download of financial
data.
>
> The simplest description of the problem is as follows:
>
> 1. Using a new Excel workbook with no data.
> 2. Use the Data/Import External Data/New Web Query menu selection.
> 3. Use the browser window to browse to the data, such as the basic quotes
> table in MSN, and select the table.
> 4. Select Import.
>
> The following message dialog is displayed:
>
> Unable to open http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=aig.
> The Internet site reports that a connection was established but the data
is
> not available.
>
> This occurs every time an import is attempted, and has been occuring for
> about the last two or three weeks.
>
> The same query works fine against Yahoo or Morningstar, so the problem is
> with the MSN Money website.
.
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