Hi, I've pasted in the cf script and xsl and xml and wddx data files that I was able to successfully translate thanks to help from forum. <HTML> <!-- File: ftp.cfm Arguments: MerchantName Called by: cold fusion scheduler Author: Ed Dunn Version: 0.1 Last modified: May 18, 2000 Generic FTP and Processing of Merchant Product Pricing Datafiles --> <HEAD> <title>xsl</title> </HEAD> </BODY> !--- create unique output file name ---> <!-- Initialize File that will store data as a wddx packet --> <CFOBJECT TYPE=JAVA ACTION=CREATE CLASS="java.io.FileWriter" NAME=Writer> <cfset Writer.init("c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SportsRev\fogdog.out")> <cfoutput>file initialized </cfoutput> <CFOBJECT TYPE=JAVA ACTION=CREATE CLASS="java.io.PrintWriter" NAME=PrintWriter> <cfset PrintWriter.init(Writer)> <!--- Create the XSLT parser ---> <CFOBJECT TYPE=JAVA ACTION=CREATE CLASS="com.lotus.xsl.XSLProcessor" NAME=xslProcessor> <cftry> <CFSET xslProcessor.process ("c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SportsRev\fogdog.xml", "c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SportsRev\datafeed.xsl", PrintWriter)> <cfcatch type="ANY"> <br> <cfoutput> Ed Exception : #CFCATCH.Detail# </cfoutput> </cfcatch> </cftry> <cfset PrintWriter.close()> <cfoutput>xml transformed </cfoutput> <!--- Read the file that contains the WDDX packet ---> <CFFILE ACTION="Read" FILE="c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SportsRev\fogdog.out" VARIABLE="wddxpacket"> <cfoutput>wddx file read</cfoutput> <!--- deserialize the packet ---> <CFWDDX ACTION="WDDX2CFML" INPUT="#wddxpacket#" OUTPUT="appdata"> <cfoutput>deserialized</cfoutput> <!--- set variables ---> <CFSET merchant=#appdata["merchant"]#> <!--- get the first and last name from the array ---> <!--- and then set a variable for the whole name ---> <CFSET url=#appdata["url"]#> <CFSET otherInfo=#appdata["otherinfo"]#> <!-- update merchant table --> <cfquery name="UpdateMerchant" datasource="SportsRev" dbtype="ODBC"> Update merchant set otherinfo = '#otherInfo#', merchant_url = '#url#' where merchant_name = '#merchant#' </cfquery> <cfoutput>merchant updated </cfoutput> <!--- create and fill a local array with product item info ---> <CFSET itemArray=#appdata["itemArray"]#> <!--- update merchant product item information ---> <CFLOOP FROM="1" TO="#ArrayLen(itemArray)#" INDEX="Counter"> <cfquery name="UpdateProductMerchant" datasource="SportsRev" dbtype="ODBC"> Update product_merchant, product, merchant set product_merchant.price = '#itemArray[Counter]["price"]#', product_merchant.shipping = '#itemArray[Counter]["shipping"]#', product_merchant.availability = '#itemArray[Counter]["avail"]#', product_merchant.purchase_url = '#itemArray[Counter]["link"]#' where product.sku = '#itemArray[Counter]["sku"]#' and merchant.merchant_name = '#merchant#' and product.product_id = product_merchant.product_id and merchant.merchant_id = product_merchant.merchant_id </cfquery> <cfoutput>item updated</cfoutput> </CFLOOP> <cfoutput>array updated</cfoutput> </BODY> </HTML> xml: <datafeed merchant="FogDog" url="http://www.fogdog.com/" otherinfo="sports"> <item category="GolfDriver" manufacturer="Callaway" name="Callaway Hawkeye" price="385.00" link="http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdog_sports/calla way_golf/golf/equipment/great_big_bertha_hawk_eye_driver.html" sku="hawkeyesku" skuType="skutypegolf" merchProdId="hawekeyeid" avail="Y" description="Latest technology from Callaway" shipping="0.00"></item> <item category="GolfDriver" manufacturer="Callaway" name="Callaway SteelHead Plus" price="247.00" link="http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdog_sports/calla way_golf/golf/equipment/steelhead_plus_driver.html" sku="steelheadsku" skuType="skutypegolf" merchProdId="steelheadid" avail="Y" description="Best Steel Driver from Callaway" shipping="0.00"></item> <item category="GolfDriver" manufacturer="Taylor Made" name="Taylor Made Firesole" price="349.00" link="http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdog_sports/taylo rmade_golf/golf/equipment/firesole_driver.html" sku="firesolesku" skuType="skutypegolf" merchProdId="firesoleid" avail="Y" description="Titanium with Bubble Shaft" shipping="0.00"></item> </datafeed> xsl: <!-- File: datafeed.xsl Called by: datafeed.cfm Author: Ed Dunn Version: 0.1 Last modified: May 16, 2000 This stylesheet translates typical datafeed XML format into a WDDX packet. The WDDX packet is a standard XML format that is more easily de-serialized by many languages. --> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <!-- Match datafeed root & create WDDX packet and merchant header --> <xsl:template match="/datafeed"> <wddxPacket version="1.0"> <header/> <data> <struct> <var name="merchant"><string><xsl:value-of select="@merchant"/></string></var> <var name="url"><string><xsl:value-of select="@url"/></string></var> <var name="otherinfo"><string><xsl:value-of select="@otherinfo"/></string></var> <var name="itemArray"> <array length="{count(//item)}"> <xsl:apply-templates/> </array> </var> </struct> </data> </wddxPacket> </xsl:template> <!-- Process a product item attributes --> <xsl:template match="item"> <struct> <var name="category"><string><xsl:value-of select="@category"/></string></var> <var name="manufacturer"><string><xsl:value-of select="@manufacturer"/></string></var> <var name="name"><string><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></string></var> <var name="price"><number><xsl:value-of select="@price"/></number></var> <var name="link"><string><xsl:value-of select="@link"/></string></var> <var name="sku"><string><xsl:value-of select="@sku"/></string></var> <var name="skuType"><string><xsl:value-of select="@skutype"/></string></var> <var name="merchProdId"><string><xsl:value-of select="@merchProdId"/></string></var> <var name="avail"><string><xsl:value-of select="@avail"/></string></var> <var name="description"><string><xsl:value-of select="@description"/></string></var> <var name="shipping"><number><xsl:value-of select="@shipping"/></number></var> </struct> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> resultant wddx: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <wddxPacket version="1.0"><header/><data><struct><var name="merchant"><string>FogDog</string></var><var name="url"><string>http://www.fogdog.com/</string></var><var name="otherinfo"><string>sports</string></var><var name="itemArray"><array length="3"> <struct><var name="category"><string>GolfDriver</string></var><var name="manufacturer"><string>Callaway</string></var><var name="name"><string>Callaway Hawkeye</string></var><var name="price"><number>385.00</number></var><var name="link"><string>http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdo g_sports/callaway_golf/golf/equipment/great_big_bertha_hawk_eye_driver.html< /string></var><var name="sku"><string>hawkeyesku</string></var><var name="skuType"><string/></var><var name="merchProdId"><string>hawekeyeid</string></var><var name="avail"><string>Y</string></var><var name="description"><string>Latest technology from Callaway</string></var><var name="shipping"><number>0.00</number></var></struct> <struct><var name="category"><string>GolfDriver</string></var><var name="manufacturer"><string>Callaway</string></var><var name="name"><string>Callaway SteelHead Plus</string></var><var name="price"><number>247.00</number></var><var name="link"><string>http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdo g_sports/callaway_golf/golf/equipment/steelhead_plus_driver.html</string></v ar><var name="sku"><string>steelheadsku</string></var><var name="skuType"><string/></var><var name="merchProdId"><string>steelheadid</string></var><var name="avail"><string>Y</string></var><var name="description"><string>Best Steel Driver from Callaway</string></var><var name="shipping"><number>0.00</number></var></struct> <struct><var name="category"><string>GolfDriver</string></var><var name="manufacturer"><string>Taylor Made</string></var><var name="name"><string>Taylor Made Firesole</string></var><var name="price"><number>349.00</number></var><var name="link"><string>http://www.fogdog.com/cedroID/ssd1110101518073/wld/fogdo g_sports/taylormade_golf/golf/equipment/firesole_driver.html</string></var>< var name="sku"><string>firesolesku</string></var><var name="skuType"><string/></var><var name="merchProdId"><string>firesoleid</string></var><var name="avail"><string>Y</string></var><var name="description"><string>Titanium with Bubble Shaft</string></var><var name="shipping"><number>0.00</number></var></struct> </array></var></struct></data></wddxPacket> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cf-talk To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.