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compiling a database of racing results

  • 25-06-2009 4:14pm
    #1
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,894 ✭✭✭✭


    i'd like to create a access database with all the recent results in irish racing and all future ones. is there somewhere where i could get a template or is there anyone already doing this?

    also is there anywhere i can get a rss feed of results?

    thanks for any help.


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  • #2
    Farls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭Farls


    Probably ask the guys over on the Programming forum about this I would say. I think your looking to 'forecast' future results more so than produce them from historic events.

    The idea I'm sure has been done before many times and it is possible to do just a lot depends on the data your getting and how accurate it is/you want to be?

    I know you would probably like to get the most likely results ie. if horse A has ran this rate the past 2 years and came 3rd and then 2nd will it come first this year? You would have to take a lot of things into consideration from jockey and horse to weight, injuries, ground condition, horse form, jockey form etc not only for this duo but for all that will race.

    A data nightmare...there are guys that have spent whole life times figuring this sort of stuff out in there heads and you want to put it in an access database? good luck!


  • #3
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,894 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    ha no i just want something relatively simple! just the basic race details, runners, riders, trainers, weight, type, distance, ground, winning distances etc. i'm not looking for in depth statistical analysis or anything like that.


  • #4
    Famous45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Famous45


    Something similar to this might be helpful..

    http://download.cnet.com/BookCAT/3000-2130_4-10027847.html


  • #5
    faoile@n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭faoile@n


    Have you thought about how your actally going to get the data into the access database? What programming knowlegde do you have? Ever heard of scraping? And save yourself some hassle and google MySql as well ;)


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