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To fetch the web page, you could use LWP::Simple or LWP::UserAgent. To parse the page and extract the data, you might be able to use HTML::TableExtract or HTML::Parser.
Once you have the data you need, you can save them to a mysql database using either Class::DBI (if you are Object Oriented) or DBD::mysql - if you like to live closer to the bare metal. (both use DBI).
You have enough material now, I think. Start writing the script, and if you have problems, ask well thought out questions, and we'll help you solve them.
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Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
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Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
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Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
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