Thanks Gary... I think I might run with your suggestion, and just use CF to construct the XML file.
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Retrieving XML from SQL Server for use in CFMX > What is the best way to go about getting an XML document containing data from a database? I suppose it depends on what format you want the XML to be in. If the format is the same as that which you can deliver from SQL*Server - then getting that going is probably worthwhile. If the format from SQL*Server is not suitable, then you need to read your data from SQL*Server and then create is using Cold Fusion. Now, you may or may not want to use the XML Dom in Cold Fusion to create the XML (sometimes, it is just easier to create XML by concatenating the appropriate strings, or possibly using <CFLOOP> and <CFSAVECONTENT>). Most of the XML work I have done has not used any XML standard schemas and it has therefore been easier to create the XML just using normal Cold Fusion (i.e. not SQL*Server and not the CF XML Dom). For example WebFX have a Javascript XLoadTree (which allows you to specify a call back to the server to obtain each level of the tree as it is requested). For this, the format expected is defined by the XLoadTree code. My hierarchy is stored in a database. So I just get CF to get the data for the section of the tree being request and compose the XML and then pass back the output with the appropriate mime content type. Gary Menzel IT Operations Brisbane -+- ABN AMRO Morgans Limited Level 29, 123 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 PH: 07 333 44 828 FX: 07 3834 0828 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
