Well, if you go the CSV route, you may encounter a problem with ommitted elements if you're using the CF list functions. ie. listLen (a,b,c,d) = 4, listLen(a,b,,d) = 3
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: XML Vs. CSV/Text Hello Guys, I'm building a non-cf application at the moment, who's logs will be parsed by a ColdFusion application after having them passed to it via a web service. I'm now making the choice of log format for my other application, what are the benefits of using XML over CSV or other delimited files? obviously the XML has more of a structure, but what about parsing speeds? Am I likely to see any benefits there of using XML? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, I'm not planning to do anything particularly interesting with the XML, simply parse through the records and insert them into a database table. Thanks, Rob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
