Ted, although you do mention search you don't specifically mention CF query result sets.
One thing that I'd like to mention for the benefit of others using Flex and ColdFusion is that while CF can return query result sets via Remoting and Web Services this is not a native object/data type in the Flash player, and consequently Flex. While the Flash player can process this via the Remoting and Web Services APIs it's time consuming as the data is being converted into something native first. You're better off to return arrays of objects (CF structures) instead, I don' t have the figures but I know that there is a dramatic performance difference, particularly for large sets of data. Andrew Andrew Muller Partner, RocketBoots http://www.rocketboots.com.au On 5/19/05, Theodore E Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anything goes really, I return numbers, string, bools, arrays, objects and > combinations of all the above depending on what is needed. In the use cases > we are using this data service for: > > Search > Directory > Articles > Ecommerce > Personalization > > The requests and responses are all different but we want a common way to > develop them to completion. We would like a productive language like CF but > it has to work in all cases. > > The fallback here is to just use Apache Axis with Java classes on the > server > side although I would prefer something simple and easy to change like > CFC's. > > Cheers, > > Ted ;) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Andrew Muller > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:05 AM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Web Services and CF7 > > > > So, silly question, how are you structuring/formatting the data that > > you're returning from your webservice, something like arrays of > > objects or is it CF query result sets? > > > > Andrew > > > > On 5/19/05, Theodore E Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Remoting is great but it has a core limitation of one request at a > time > > due > > > the way AMF was implemented in the player. This is not the case with > > > WebService calls as each request gets its own XML object and its own > > > request > > > socket. Even though the payload might be larger and the parsing takes > > > longer, I want to avoid the issue of having remoting lock-up the AMF > > pipe > > > on > > > a long running request. Call me paranoid. ;) > > > > > > The issue that I had heard about was that Flex 1.5 has trouble > > digesting > > > CFC > > > web services due to certain xml usage. I wanted to make sure that Flex > > 1.5 > > > and CF7 had compatible SOAP formats. I know it sound ridiculous but I > > have > > > heard firsthand of some problems with compatibility of these two. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Ted ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > > > Behalf Of Andrew Muller > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:57 PM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Web Services and CF7 > > > > > > > > Ted > > > > > > > > Is there any reason, since you're using CF7, why you wouldn't > connect > > > > from Flex via Flash Remoting instead of Web Services, you'd be > > > > consuming the same CFC presumably and the data should be much less > > > > verbose... > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > Andrew Muller > > > > Partner, RocketBoots > > > > http://www.rocketboots.com.au > > > > > > > > On 5/19/05, Theodore E Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am looking at using CF7 and CFC web services with Flex 1.5. 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