Not sure if its any use but I did something related. Its been available for download for some time. Basically its a coldfusion equivalent of carp wrapped in a cfc. You can check it out here. http://webmachineinc.com/rss/countme.cfm. It works on all flavors of rss that I could find and most atom.
DRE On 9/25/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > XSL'll only help you if you want to format the RSS in another text > format, not if you want to rip it out for some other purpose (store in > DB, or whatever). > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 9/25/05, s. isaac dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Why would you need it? RSS is XML, you should be able to > > >> just write > > >> your own parser... > > > > > Isaac: Unfortunately, there are rafts of broken > > > syndication apps out there from authors who made the same > > > assumption. :D > > > > > RSS is a series of specifications, most of which come with > > > all sorts of "common practices" baggage. (A number of > > > which contradict one another.) If you don't know both > > > specs and practices, you can't effectively write a generic > > > parser. Particularly when you factor in Atom. > > > > > Now, if you're just trying to make use of a single feed > > > from a known, consistent producer, or if you're really, > > > truly dedicated to diving into syndication minutiae, then > > > rolling your own makes some sense. But I promise, it ain't > > > simple. If it were, we wouldn't have spent two years > > > building Atom 1.0. > > > > Well yeah, but I would expect there to be a good free free XSL sheet > available _somewhere_ given the ubiquity of RSS. > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > > > add features without fixtures with > > the onTap open source framework > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:219317 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
