> I've spent the evening reading doc for Verity and Googling for info but it > still seems my > take is right. Verity can index static files or database query results but > not dynamically > generated HTML. The content of my client's site is complex enough that > indexing > database query results doesn't map well to dynamic pages. The right tool > seems to be > a spider but then what to do with the spider's results?
Indexing database query results should work out very nicely, actually, even with a complex site - especially with a complex site! You're using the database to build the contents of your pages, right? In the same way, you can use the database to build the contents of your index. You simply have to have a way to build a URL that will let the search user get to the page that corresponds to the search result. > I can think of a hack where the spider creates a shadow directory tree of the > real > content and then I cfindex that but tell cfindex the URLprefix of the > original tree. Any > thoughts on feasibility? I think it would be much easier and more reliable to simply use CFINDEX against your database queries. This isn't that hard to do, and I'm sure there are some online tutorials somewhere. Using the database queries directly has a big advantage over using a spider - it's easy to exclude meaningless content from searches. For example, when you spider content, the spider gets all the content - navigation, headers/footers, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332489 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
