UNSUBSCRIBE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Townend Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cf-xml] general question
I suppose it depends on what you are doing... Im currently integrating a site with a payment system from a 3rd party which does all its talking via XML, the downside is that CFXML and ParseXML doesn't really like playing with it as the online payment people require Doc types which CFXML kindly removes for you, so im having to write it with COM objects as my XML skills arent quite the best and so don't really want to transform it with XSLT Stylesheets or do string manipulation just before send and receive etc.. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Schreck, Tom Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 18:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cf-xml] general question XML is an industry standard, though I'm not sure WDDX is. XML is not hard to learn. CFMX does a great job working with XML by "converting" the xml data into objects you are already familiar with - structures and arrays. If you have CFMX available to you, I would suggest learning XML. XML is going to be a big part of our future. Here's a great article on XML and ColdFusion MX: "Utilizing XML and XSLT in ColdFusion MX" by Nate Weiss You can find this article in the DevDes section of Macromedia's site. Thanks - Tom Schreck 817-252-4900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have not failed. I've found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas Edison -----Original Message----- From: I-Lin Kuo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cf-xml] general question I qualified my opinion on that since I don't know what wddx support on the other platforms are. Steve Nelson indicated there is good support on the other platforms, so you should check with him on that. If you want a quick and easy solution, wddx is definitely the way to go. If you want a solution that is flexible and powerful, then I'd suggest you bite the bullet and start learning XML. One other factor to influence your decision is that active development on wddx seems to have died off.... --- Saul Rothbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi I-Lin, > you wrote, > > wddx does the job best when all middleware > involved is > > CF. It's hard (I think) to make it work when the > other > > middleware platform is not CF, as there are > probably > > no non-CF built-in wddx > serialization/deserialization > > tools for other middleware platforms. > > ...this is sort of what I also thought but according > to openwddx.org's FAQ > page, ( http://www.openwddx.org/faq/ ), wddx can > handle different web > application environments including "JavaScript, > ColdFusion, Perl, ASP/COM > and Java". > > Saul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "I-Lin Kuo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: [cf-xml] general question > > > > wddx does the job best when all middleware > involved is > > CF. It's hard (I think) to make it work when the > other > > middleware platform is not CF, as there are > probably > > no non-CF built-in wddx > serialization/deserialization > > tools for other middleware platforms. > > > > I'd use XML if there's any non-CF involved. But > you > > could also choose to use your CF app to produce a > wddx > > wrapper service for your other applications so you > > don't have to learn XML. > > --- Saul Rothbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > > > > ...at the moment I'm trying to get a bearing as > to > > > where to apply time in > > > learning either technology. > > > > > > The general scope is in allowing various > databases > > > to easily connect and > > > exchange listing information on vehicles. > > > > > > My very limited knowledge on the matter is that > both > > > xml and wddx could do > > > the job but wddx, being an J. Allaire platform > > > probably has an easier > > > learning curve. > > > > > > Are there any guiding principles that can be > > > associated with either platform > > > as to their best implementation? > > > > > > Saul > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Askew, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:39 AM > > > Subject: RE: [cf-xml] general question > > > > > > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > > > > > > wddx has some pretty specific problems that it > can > > > help solve... it all > > > > depends on what you are trying to do. > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: Saul Rothbart > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:40 AM > > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Subject: [cf-xml] general question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > >I'd like to ask if anyone would care to share > > > some insight on > > > > >the pros and > > > > >cons of cf-xml and wddx. > > > > > > > > > >On the surface, it seems like wddx has a > number > > > of advantages > > > > >with respect > > > > >to faster learning curve, rapid deployment > and > > > cross platform > > > > >integration. > > > > > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > >Saul Rothbart ===== I-Lin Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI Macromedia Certified ColdFusion 5.0 Advanced Developer Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer Ann Arbor Java User Users Group (www.aajug.org) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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