On 8/14/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Use cfhttp to grab the page and parse it either using the built in CF > string > and xml functions or using regular expressions.
Uuuu! If it's in a HTML table, using the XML functions are pretty easy to maintain, vs. a ton of regex. Depends on when the info changes, if it's well formatted HTML, etc... Marty, you're not using this for evil, right? I.e. Spam (and not the good kind that comes in a can)? Hands down the best method is to walk on over to wherever it is that's maintaining the data you want to get at, and just ask them for a data link. A million times faster and more accurate. Screen scraping should be a last resort, nay, last last resort. Arrrr! I've got this one project... bleh! :-Denny > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marty Rock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:55 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Grab info from returned page and make into variable > > > > We have a program where you can enter your user name and it will return > a > > web page with your name, phone, room, organization, etc. I need to grab > > that info and create variables so I can populate a form with the info. > Any > > ideas? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
