# Pulling data from a database in real time

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pulling-data-from-a-database-in-real-time/324334>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pulling-data-from-a-database-in-real-time/324334 "2011-08-15T18:00:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smoochface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Smoochface](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Smoochface)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/pulling-data-from-a-database-in-real-time/324334/1 "2011-08-15T18:00:22Z")

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Hello! I am a pretty big newb- my challenge is get a flash page to look to a database and check for updates constantly (in the realm of 1update/second) then pull new data as it is added.

Was hoping some of you gurus could point me at the right technologies.