some replies inline....and questions below > > Until you do that your content is NOT XML - CFDUMPing from within the > WebService will always return CF native objects.
I'm cfinvoking from a remote machine and cfdumping the resulting variable...NOT dumping from inside the web service > > Note also that if you invoke the service from CF it will automatically do > the XML conversion for you - you'll never see it. So CFDUMPing from the > invocation will ALSO return CF native objects. So given what I said above I will NEVER see this elusive XML unless I call the web service from something other than CF??? WTF good does that do me if I'm testing?? grrrrrrrrr ;-) > > You can see the XML if you watch the HTTP transfer however - I use > HTTPWatch > for Internet Explorer and I believe theirs a tool that does the same for > FireFox. This will show you everything that's being trading across HTTP. Guess I better get my hands on that then... > > Jim Davis So does this sound correct: 1) access="remote" output="false" returntype="query" 2) the function produces a CF query and uses it as it's cfreturn value (<cfreturn MyQuery>) 3) if invoking from CF I will just see a query when dumped because CF first sent it as XML because it was invoked as a web service, but then re-converts it to a CF query 4) The actual XML sent by the web service can only be seen if called via another language OR by watching the HTTP traffic Thanks Jim....I'm getting closer ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215925 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54