http://www.instantcoldfusion.com/news/MacromediaXMLFeed.cfm
It is also in cflib.org somewhere. I plan to re-work it so that it returns a query object instead of the current data structure. That probably won't happen before the 15th though. At 09:19 AM 4/25/2002 -0400, you wrote: >question: where to get it ;) > >Anthony Petruzzi >Webmaster >954-321-4703 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.sheriff.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Clint Tredway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:20 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Macromedia XML feed contest > > >If you guys are running CF5, Jeff Houser created a UDF that parses the XML >feed. > >I have used it and its pretty cool. > >Clint > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:02 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Macromedia XML feed contest > > >Does anyone know how o parse XML when you don't have access to >the server? In a shared hosting enviornment wddx is the easiest >option. > > >= = = Original message = = = > >just wondering.... but isn't wddx a form of XML? couldn't you >use an XML >parser to parse WDDX packets? if this is true, then why don't >they just have >a wddx packet. > >Anthony Petruzzi >Webmaster >954-321-4703 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.sheriff.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:17 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Macromedia XML feed contest > > >At 12:48 PM 4/24/2, Paul Giesenhagen wrote: > >I get the feeling that the "developers" of Cold Fusion, are >liking raw XML > >better, thus the very real possibility of discarding WDDX in >the future and > >well there ya have it ...I guess WDDX isn't cool enough :) > >WDDX is just an application of XML, optimized for data serialization. >The >application we're looking at here is describing news resources... >if >anything, RSS might be a closer match, but RSS didn't quite meet >our needs >for these feeds. > > > >At 1:43 PM 4/24/2, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems like it would be perfect for this. Would they consider > > creating a 2nd feed as WDDX? > >What advantage do you see in using a data-description format >as a >news-description format? (I'm not being contrary here, I'm just >honestly >curious how you see this as a good fit, thanks.) > >I'm *guessing* that the driver behind this conversation is that >you have an >easy ability to parse that particular WDDX flavor of XML document >right >now, and don't see an easy mechanism for yourself to handle other >types of >XML-formatted documents... is my guess here on-target...? > > > >At 2:03 PM 4/24/2, Mike Chambers wrote: > > WDDX wasn't really meant for this sort of data. What would > > be the advantage of putting it into WDDX? > >ah, Mike already said what I was gonna say, never mind.... ;-) > > > >At 2:08 PM 4/24/2, Kevin Schmidt wrote: > > By using WDDX it makes it much easier for those of us not > > using Flash MX to convert the information without having to > > use a third party tool, not all of us have access to install > > these third party tools. By simply using the <CFWDDX> tag > > we are able to convert the WDDX packet to a valid cf variable > > quickly and easily. > >Got it. Seems "got a hammer, looks like nail" situation? > >I know it's of no help today, but Neo makes general XML use as >easy as what >you see in special-case WDDX today. Until then you'd need to >parse XML on >the server through external means, true. > >jd > > > > >John Dowdell, Macromedia Developer Support, San Francisco CA >US >Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ >Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see >your >email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options >are >available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
