http://xml.granularity.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: RE: XML > Couldn't you just interface with a COM object? like Microsoft's XML parser? > I've only played with it a little bit outside CF, but was able to read XML > files and such. It's also free (dl from the site, plus I think IE 5.5 comes > with version 3 of the parser). > > I don't do much with XML at this point so I'm only tossing that idea out > there. > > J. > > John Wilker > Web Applications Consultant > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > > Office: 909-943-8428 > www.billtracker.org <http://www.billtracker.org> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: XML > > > OK - different subject, so I'm following with a different email: > > Let me point out a very good reason NOT to use CF for XML. When you get > XML, you have to compare it to your DTD and then parse it to get the data > out. I'm not sure about you, but writing a parser as complex as this in CF > doesn't sit very high on the list of things I want to do. > > On the other hand, there are plenty of Java (and other languages) XML > parsers out there. The apache organization maintains a very nice one called > "xerces" which is seeing a lot of use. I think Sun may also distribute > their own version of an XML parser. > > So, short summary - there are no existing CF parsers for XML (that I know > of...if I'm wrong, someone please correct me). Handling XML is pretty > process intensive, and lets be honest, thats not really CF's strong point. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 4:21 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: XML > > > what are the advantages of using XML with my coldfusion web apps? like what > cool stuff can I do? and is XML hard to learn? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
