Newb Javascript question

[Durnik]

I'm not the greatest at Javascript by any means, so maybe what I am asking is not easily possible in js.

I want to use javascript to look at an external webpage and take specific data from it, and display just the data i requested on my own page.

I've searched for parsing info, but most of it does not seem to do what I want.

For example if I had a table of data including people's names, addresses, and phone numbers on a webpage (html, php, etc.). I'd want to be able to pick out specific names and numbers to display, without having to goto that site and see the whole list.

[Fang]

In general no (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80139)

[sirpelidor]

javascript doesn't support stuff like that, but does the other page uses XML to display their format?

if so... try look at SOAP and XML, hope this would point you to the correct direction :)

[Durnik]

javascript doesn't support stuff like that, but does the other page uses XML to display their format?

if so... try look at SOAP and XML, hope this would point you to the correct direction :)Thanks I had thought of this, because the page does use some XML. However it does not have an XML extension. I will look and see if SOAP/XML will handle that.

Thanks for both responses. :)