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| Author | Topic: How to find out if a given symbol name if valid ? (2 messages, Page 1 of 1) |
 Dierk Droth -Interested User- Posts: 67 Joined: Aug 11, 2004 |
Posted: Aug 26, 2004 06:22 AM
Msg. 1 of 2
Hi,
I see two ways: a) running a symbol lookup and scan incoming symbol names for the one I am looking for b) submit a watchlist request and watch for incoming messages How if a symbol name is invalid ? With (a) there is a problem, since I don't know how many messages will come in. This basically would require some timer based solution -> prone to errors. Alternative (b) could work, since I experienced, that in the event of an invalid symbol name there is a dummy "Q" message coming in having the string "Not found" in the 4th field. Is there any other way to check a symbol name for validity ? What's the official, recommended way ? Regards Dierk Droth www.trademagic.net TradeMagic - Trading at its best |
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DTN_Natalie_H -DTN Evangelist- Posts: 175 Joined: May 10, 2004 
DTN Market Access, LLC. |
Posted: Aug 30, 2004 09:47 AM
Msg. 2 of 2
Dierk,
There is not another way to check for an invalid symbol. Either way will work. Thanks! Natalie Hannan DTN Market Access, LLC. |
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