OK. Just thought there might be some flag in the xmlparse function that might say there was a connection problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Failing gracefully when using xmlParse()... > How can I fail gracefully when using xmlParse and the feed is not > available/online? > > <cfset xmlFeed = > xmlParse("http://www.somedomainwithrssfeed.com/keyword.xml";)> Use try/catch. > When using cfhttp, you could always use <cfif findNoCase("200", > cfhttp.statusCode)> to test for success. > How is it done with xmlParse? I'd rather not use a cftry/cfcatch > block. Why? This is exactly what try/catch is for! Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300218 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
