[JS][CS3] Database Syncronisation

Hi.
I dont know if this is posible, but thought I'd ask anyway, and will take if further if possible.
I have a page in InDesign that has been built with an Applescript, from my companies database (ODBC) containing images and data. This is for a mailer that is being created.  I then have written a JS to manipulate the text, and images as required. I am using Script Labels that the AS has put in place to link the images and text together.  This is all good and a complete page can be created nearly to completion using this method.
To go one stage further, I need to be able to automatically update the data on the InDesign page with any changed data from the database. So, somehow I need to be able to tag parts of the text with handles, that are maintained after all my formatting, to be able to compare with the original database.
There is a plugin called EasyCatalog made by 65Bit that goes some way to this, but is expensive over many workstations, so my client wants a way to achieve this via scripting.
I accept this may be way out of my ability, if indeed possible at all, but I like a challenge, and would like to know if this is indeed a possibility.
Thanks in advance,
Roy

I use Filemaker Pro as the database, networked to a Filemaker server. FM can use mysql sources directly if necessary, or run web services requests via its browser capability, etc. Writing tagged text files can be done on Mac or PC.

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