[wp-hackers] Best format for regularly updated data

[Mike Schinkel]

On Jul 28, 2010, at 3:36 AM, Dan Smart wrote:
> 1) The plugin imports to a db table of its own, and displays the 'pages'
> itself, managing the rewrite rules to display the appropriate content.
> 
> 2) On the import of data, create new Wordpress Pages each time, and track
> and delete the old ones (they will no longer be needed). Are there any
> downsides to this regular turnover of pages?

Why can't you use option #3, update the existing pages?  (actually, you'd almost certainly want to use custom post types instead of pages.)

-Mike