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:) On 4/21/08, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been tasked to get temperature data on a daily basis > > from a website. I thought that I had seen something about > > this from somewhere, but can't seem to put my finger on it, > > so, Is there a way that I can automatically get data from > > another website that is stored in a table, by calling a > > function...? I want to get two values from specific days. > > > > I would like to be able to take all the data that is stored > > in a table and put it into a structure then I can parse out > > what I need. > > > > so A) Is this possible? > > B) a Few pointers if you don't mind? > > If the web site has a web service - a program you can call directly via a > HTTP URL - then, yes, you can easily get whatever data that web service > publishes. Web services typically publish data using XML, which is easily > parsed. > > Otherwise, you will have to use CFHTTP to fetch the web page in question, > and you will have to use string functions to parse out the bits you need, > and the process of building and maintaining this functionality will suck, > to > put it bluntly. If the formatting of the web page changes later, you'll > probably have to edit your code accordingly. This process is generally > referred to as "screen scraping". > > I would go for the web service approach. There are probably plenty of web > sites that offer a daily temperature web service, although they might want > you to pay for it. > > 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;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303939 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
