I'm using CFMX, actually, and while it should be considerably easier, I've yet to find that example that walks me through it without making a lot of assumptions.
> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:15 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: XML Primer Request (basic) > > > I'm guessing from your post that you're using CF 5? Yes CFMX > should make it > considerably easier since cfmx has a handfull of new > functions specifically > for manipulating strings of xml markup. You can still > retreive your content > from the packet with CF 5 although it's going to be a lot > more difficult, > and you're liable to end up using regular expressions to > accomplish it, > which is a whole other subject unto itself and is not easy to > grasp for many > people. I've personally parsed xml with regular expressions, > but it can be > time consuming and / or frustrating. For example, to get the > title from an > html page you might use something like this: > > #rereplacenocase(myxml,"^.*<title[^>]*>([^<]*)</title>.*$","\1 > ","ALL")# > > That being said, I don't know that you'll be able to find any > "kid gloves" > examples of parsing xml content that won't require CF MX, > with the acception > of WDDX which won't be helpful to you because your xml > content isn't in that > format. > > s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > > All... > > > I've been searching for some basic assistance--a very > > basic tutorial on > > bringing down an XML feed, parsing and displaying to my > > page. But, I > > need something that's really quite basic; mostly > > everything I'm finding > > isn't treating me with the kid gloves I'd like to be > > handled with so I > > can really have things sink in (and I'm not far enough > > along in my XML > > course to get some of their methods to work). > > > I'm trying to add content (really, just headlines) from: > > http://www.togetherfest.com/JScript/RSS.xml to a site as a > > learning > > experience/add-on for a friend and any direction to > > something that gives > > me the 1-2-3 on how to do (and what I'm actually doing) > > would be a huge > > benefit. Am I barking up the wrong tree because this is a > > little > > advanced--or am I seeking the wrong way since I've heard > > that CFMX > > really is supposed to make this a bit easier? > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Russ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > Archives: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > > > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
