Probably a few reasons - a) Preference b) XSLT is super super fast for XML transformations c) You can do all sorts of nifty things like dynamic ordering with XSL that you can't do as easily with CF (and it's still super fast). d) You don't have to tranform XML to olnly HTML / XHTML
Personally, I find it faster development time wise, to turn XML into HTML with XSL, but that's because I have done XSL dev, and am very happy using it. Just me 2c Mark On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:28:59 +1000, Taco Fleur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am aware that CF has functionality for XSLT (see subject of the email ;-) > > What does it depend on? Can you give me a reason to do it with CF and a > reason to do it with XSLT? > > Taco Fleur > > Tell me and I will forget > Show me and I will remember > Teach me and I will learn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Geoff Bowers > > Sent: Sunday, 29 August 2004 5:16 PM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: xmlTransform or transform with cf? > > > > > > Taco Fleur wrote: > > > I know you can transform XML with XSLT or CF itself, I myself would > > > think its best to do it with CF, I don't see any advantage > > of bringing > > > in another technology to do the transformation, i.e. XSLT. > > > But maybe I am wrong, can anyone shed some light on this? > > > > It really depends on what you want to do. It's worth noting > > that CFMX > > includes functions for XSLT transformations, so XSLT is very > > definitely > > part of the standard suite of CFMX tools. > > > > -- geoff > > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > -- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.compoundtheory.com ICQ: 3094740 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
