How to push XML to a IP address?

Question

I have to export a record from sql database, then create xml document of that data and push it to another server. Here is what one company is telling me, "...it would be pushed to our server via XML with all fields...". I can turn the data into xml, i can also do a rss feed link, but they want me to push the xml to the IP address they will give me, so their listener can parse the data. Any help would be great.

Database: sql server
Programming: ASP

Thank you

Answer 1

You can push the XML using the regular HTTP post function. Just create a simple app that will read the XML file and transfer it through the HTTP classes very easy to do in C#.

Answer 2

lots of different protocols can do the push...

a simple telnet could upload to a goofy shell script
simple ftp could send it
http can send it and get back a custom response
soap can do it to a non-xml application (sending via xml)

there are libraries and stand-alone program that can make this as simple as one line of code.