Does anyone know of a tutorial to assist me in learning my first attempt and bringing down an XML feed? A pretty basic one that doesn't skip any steps?
Thanks, Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:21 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: XML Primer Request (basic) > > > 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
