>> they will be sharing certain data that is in their databases. >> so does this mean i have to find out what services they have exposed and >> then program my application to interact with those web services?
Yup - if they've already done that part, you can just consume their web services instead. For info on how to do that, CreateObject and/or the cfinvoke & cfobject tags are what you want. http://www.cfquickdocs.com/?getDoc=CreateObject http://www.cfquickdocs.com/?getDoc=cfinvoke http://www.cfquickdocs.com/?getDoc=cfobject > thanks for your replies. some very useful things to think about. > > I am just wondering whether i will need to expose anything as a web > service as i will not be sharing any of our system with the other > system, only they will be sharing certain data that is in their > databases. Do i still have to expose certain functions as web services > or is it mainly to do with the other systems. I know they have been > built for interfacing with other systems, so does this mean i have to > find out what services they have exposed and then program my > application to interact with those web services? > > thanks again for your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
