Thanks, Jim. That's exactly what WebORB does--makes it easy to handle structured data return from a CFC within your JavaScript. Take a look again at the example on my blog (the JavaScript source code is all there) and see how easy it is to process a query variable returned from a CFC:
http://blog.newatlanta.com/weborb/examples/richclientprimer/javascript-ajax/ phonebook-bluedragon.cfm WebORB makes handling the other CFML complex types (arrays and structs) just as easy. Vince Bonfanti http://blog.newatlanta.com New Atlanta Communications, LLC http://www.newatlanta.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Ajax and CFCs > > I feel like the point has been lost here. > > There are two issues at question: > > 1) Accessing (connecting, consuming, whatever) web services > via the client (presumably via JavaScript). > > 2) Passing structured data once you access them. > > EVERYTHING can do the first. It's easy to call CFCs (whether > on CF or BD), ..NET services, etc using the client. Simple. > You can pass structured form fields (which is what CFAJAX and > it looks like WebOrb does). > > It's the second bit that gets confusing as hell. > > There are lots of options to do this and all essentially do > the same thing: > convert structured data to text and back. It's a shame > however that there's not more cross-platform support for SOMETHING. > > JSON has a lot of support, but it's relatively weak (it has > no concept of data typing for example) compared to others. > > WDDX still works... but it's been YEARS since it's had any > sort of work done on it. People don't want to use 5 year old > Objects for mission-critical stuff. > > There are dozens if not hundreds of custom solutions using > structured form fields. Many of these return raw JavaScript > code (CFAJAX and CFWDDX do > this) instead of truly allowing the client to parse the information. > > SOAP was supposed to be the way to go, the wave of the future > - but the client-side support is pitiful and buggy as hell > when it comes to cross-platform consumption. I can find a JS > libraries that support single servers, but nothing general > because each server absolutely knows that's it's way of > describing data is the best and only way. > > So you're stuck with a nice easy way in JavaScript to get a > blob of text from a server but very little to help you from > that point on - especially if you don't want to be tied to a > single server. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215043 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
