are a bit more powerful than what was shipped in the DRK.
Specifically, we like the ability to create "columns" in the search
index beyond CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2. Also, the ability to customize how the
search is performed and ordered is useful.
Most of our indexes are against databases, but every now and then we
have searches that must include PDF and or Word documents.
We've used K2 Server; it is much faster although a bit confusing to
setup at first. We had a few stability problems as well where it would
suddenly stop performing searches and just return an empty result set.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Jordahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:03 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: How to make ColdFusion Verity/search better?
I sent this out at the end of a longer thread and got 0
responses. Since that *never* happens on CF-Talk, I figured everyone
just skipped the thread. :-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I agree with Matt. The Verity that comes with CF sucks.
Hard.
So.
I am in the process of planning what Blackstone will have in
terms of search technology. I am interested in hearing what people have
to say about Verity in ColdFusion.
If you want to make sure I see your feedback, you can CC me when
you send your response to the list, hopefully with "Verity" or "search"
in the subject somewhere. :-)
Sample questions:
- Do you use our Search? Another technology? Why? Why not?
- Do you use a K2 server? Did you know it goes faster if you
do? :-)
- What document types do you index?
- How many documents do you index?
- How many collections do you have?
- What features do you like?
- What features are we missing?
By the way, we just had a meeting with Verity last week. Their
new 5.x (we currently ship version 2.6.1) stuff looks very nice. When I
asked them about their indexing speed, they said something along the
lines of "We are not the fastest indexing, but we are the fastest search
technology hands down." We hope to enhance Blackstone in such a way
that indexing speed will be improved, both with changes in our code and
by updating the underlying search technology. So while "make it go
faster" is a reasonable thing to ask, assume we will attempt to do this.
--
Tom Jordahl
Macromedia Server Development
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