> Is this even possible given the way the info is provided? > In order to get that kind of looping over each category and > product list, do I need to turn to putting the info into a > database first? Or is there a way using the cfhttp statements > that vendor is providing?
Yes, it's definitely possible. However, you probably don't want to do it all at runtime, if information doesn't change that frequently. For example, I doubt that the categories change every day. So, here's what I'd do. 1. Fetch the XML files periodically, based on their Last-Modified date if they have one. 2. Read the Categories XML file as an XML document, then use /Categories/Category as an XPath query to find your Category nodeset - you should then be able to loop over that. 3. For each category ID attribute, read the appropriate Product XML file as an XML document, then use the XPath query /Products/SubCategory/Product (or maybe just //Product, since I guess it's possible that not all products have subcategories) - this again will return a nodeset that you can loop over. 4. Display stuff. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349308 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
