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For those not familiar with web services, they are a way for servers to exchange messages with each other using XML standards. Despite the extreme hype, web services do not enable you to do anything that was not previously possible. Since the earliest versions of ColdFusion, CF developers have used the CFHTTP tag to post an HTTP request to another server and then analyzed the response. Submitting (or receiving) a request via web services simply does the same thing, albeit using XML standards. CFMX and Web Services With ColdFusion MX, Macromedia made implementing web services very easy. (Although CFMX 7 was recently released, the web services implementation has no major changes or enhancements.) To receive a web services request, simply create a ColdFusion Component (CFC)... (more)