Top techniques to avoid 'data scraping' from a website database

Question

I am setting up a site using PHP and MySQL that is essentially just a web front-end to an existing database. Understandably my client is very keen to prevent anyone from be

Answer 1

Normally to screen-scrape a decent amount one has to make hundreds, thousands (and more) requests to your server. I suggest you read this related Stack Overflow question:

How do you stop scripters from slamming your website hundreds of times a second?