> Is CF the wrong tools to use to build a spider program? Well, I don't know if I'd say "wrong", but it's certainly not the best choice for most spiders. To slightly overgeneralize, CF is only really designed to do one thing - generate responses to HTTP requests. While you can do lots of other things with it, it's not usually going to be the optimal choice for those things. Of course, if it's all you know, or what you know best, that might make it the best choice.
I'd recommend a general-purpose scripting language for this kind of thing. Perl, if you know that, would be very well suited to this. Python would also be well suited to this, and easier to learn if you don't already know either, I think. Both are free. There's even an O'Reilly book covering the use of Perl as an HTTP client. The book itself, "Web Client Programming with Perl", is out of print, but available online here: http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ 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
