Check the developers exchange ... get one of the available XML custom tags ... read the documentation, feed your XML document into the parser tag, read the the results with CFDUMP, and ... lights will go on in your head, I promise. You'll know what to do from there if you know CFML at all. Well, it does help if you understand structures and arrays.
If you get stuck, just ask questions ... H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 3:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: XML Primer Request (basic) > > Does anyone know of a tutorial to assist me in learning my first attempt > and bringing down an XML feed? A pretty basic one that doesn't skip any > steps? > > Thanks, > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:21 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: XML Primer Request (basic) > > > > > > I'm using CFMX, actually, and while it should be considerably easier, > > I've yet to find that example that walks me through it > > without making a > > lot of assumptions. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:15 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Re: XML Primer Request (basic) > > > > > > > > > I'm guessing from your post that you're using CF 5? Yes CFMX > > > should make it > > > considerably easier since cfmx has a handfull of new > > > functions specifically > > > for manipulating strings of xml markup. You can still > > > retreive your content > > > from the packet with CF 5 although it's going to be a lot > > > more difficult, > > > and you're liable to end up using regular expressions to > > > accomplish it, > > > which is a whole other subject unto itself and is not easy to > > > grasp for many > > > people. I've personally parsed xml with regular expressions, > > > but it can be > > > time consuming and / or frustrating. For example, to get the > > > title from an > > > html page you might use something like this: > > > > > > #rereplacenocase(myxml,"^.*<title[^>]*>([^<]*)</title>.*$","\1 > > > ","ALL")# > > > > > > That being said, I don't know that you'll be able to find any > > > "kid gloves" > > > examples of parsing xml content that won't require CF MX, > > > with the acception > > > of WDDX which won't be helpful to you because your xml > > > content isn't in that > > > format. > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > > > > > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > > > > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > > > > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > > > > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > > > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > > > > > > > > All... > > > > > > > I've been searching for some basic assistance--a very > > > > basic tutorial on > > > > bringing down an XML feed, parsing and displaying to my > > > > page. But, I > > > > need something that's really quite basic; mostly > > > > everything I'm finding > > > > isn't treating me with the kid gloves I'd like to be > > > > handled with so I > > > > can really have things sink in (and I'm not far enough > > > > along in my XML > > > > course to get some of their methods to work). > > > > > > > I'm trying to add content (really, just headlines) from: > > > > http://www.togetherfest.com/JScript/RSS.xml to a site as a > > > > learning > > > > experience/add-on for a friend and any direction to > > > > something that gives > > > > me the 1-2-3 on how to do (and what I'm actually doing) > > > > would be a huge > > > > benefit. Am I barking up the wrong tree because this is a > > > > little > > > > advanced--or am I seeking the wrong way since I've heard > > > > that CFMX > > > > really is supposed to make this a bit easier? > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > Russ > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > > > Archives: > > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > > > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > > > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > > > > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > > > > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > > > > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > > > > > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
