Indexing Data With Verity; Using The Verity Collections Page; Creating A Collection - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

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Indexing Data with Verity

The Verity Search'97 indexing and searching technology, which has been incorporated
into ColdFusion, provides a means for creating collections of indexed data optimized
for fast retrieval.
To use Verity searching and indexing technology you:
1. Create a Verity collection using the ColdFusion Administrator Verity page or using
the CFCOLLECTION tag at runtime.
2. Populate a collection with data using options on the ColdFusion Administrator
Verity page to index specific directories, or using the CFINDEX tag at runtime.
3. Build searching and indexing capability using the CFINDEX and CFSEARCH tags
into your application.
For more information about populating and searching Verity collections using the
CFINDEX and CFSEARCH tags, see Developing Web Applications with ColdFusion.

Using the Verity Collections page

The Verity Collections page in the Administrator provides a means for creating
collections. Collections can also be created and populated externally using native
Verity tools. See your Verity documentation for more information about using native
Verity tools.
Use the Verity Collections page to:
Create and name collections
Populate a collection with text file data from a specified directory.
Purge, repair, optimize, delete, or update a collection.

Creating a collection

Before you can search collections using the CFSEARCH tag in your ColdFusion
application, you must first create the collection and then populate it with data.
To create a collection, follow these steps:
1. Open the Administrator Verity page.
2. Enter a name for your collection.
3. If necessary, specify a path for the collection.
4. Select a language from the drop down list box.
5. Click Create.
Now, you can populate the collection with data.
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