>>OK I get it .. but not really. I was thrown off by your showing of the XML handling in a regular ASP page.
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>>I have no idea how you would do that. I wonder what is the advantage of using something like foxISAPI. Why are you using it? (just curious))
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>One advantage may be that it does the job. The patron has an enterprise system using foxpro COMs and SQL that feed about 80K hits on 30 or 40 servers/day.
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>It's being used because thats what the patron specified. The "patrons" are skilled VFP/DBA/Web Services developers and entrepreneurs. It works pretty good - just little bits of data. Content requests are forced by returning little html strings with a "load" event that fires (and targets) the "user" content (activities). The API (a real honest to gosh JavaScript object) provides a generic request reference (EE 1484-11) that third party content can interface through. It's not an everyday project. It's very hairy and painful - but a lot of fun. My patron wants it lean. The server load is minimal - the client load is minimal - infact - the client provides the entire runtime store (without cookies). There is a medium transaction when a session begins, and at session exit. In between the user will navigate through any number of activities (they're called "cluster" and "leaf" activities). Minimal server transactions, a client state store, and a state update only when the session is closed
>make it very streamlined.
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>Here's the deal regarding a foxISAPI service. If one is the kind of developer that depends on VFP selects from DBFs into cursors or selects into a cursor resulting from a DB select, then the project will be sluggish. You can't weight it down with resource hogs! But, should the developer be a devotee to xBASE (low - low point and get or point and set) and minimize appends (normalize optimize) then the project will be crisp and enjoy a high likelyhood of success!
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>If you can think of a way to XMLHTTP an xml to a foxISAPI COM - let me know - so I can let Rubin know!:-)

Well you lost me after "it does the job". But if this foxISAPI supports regular HTTP methods (GET, POST and whatnot) there should be a way to get into the data portion. But I've never played with it.