"What I am asking is if this is allowed"

Well ... it's not not allowed.

"...this would generate quite some load on the server..."

Damn spiffy it will. See up there in my post where i said "run it during the weekend or other 'less busy' times"? However, due to the fact that the code only fetches each node as XML, it's not quite as much of a load as you might think. The server does not have to generate nodelets and such.

"I believe that when it is done my way..."

And that's why i posted. You might be waiting a loooong time for your idea to be implemented here, unless you want to become a god and do it yourself. :)

For the record, i would love to have access to the database. From time to time i like to do a little history/research and that would make my life much easier. Until then, i just run a script similar to the one i cranked out above when there are very few users on the site.

jeffa

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