Russ was really after file searching, not DB searching.
Nat Papovich
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian P. Doyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 6:32 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: building a fusebox friendly verity(other?) search engine
>
>
> actually I've gained total control over the verity engine by
> using a query
> to populate anohter query which I create. I make one
> "custom" field which
> is usually a comma delimited list. In this list I store the
> name of the
> component I'm searching (more usuaful when I'm searching more than one
> component) the url of an individual listing (to which I pass
> also the id of
> the specific item) and in the case of a forum resule I also
> store the thread
> ID and the message ID in this list. Then in the search
> action page I just
> loop through the list to gain access to all of these other variables.
>
> Its worked really well so far.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:17 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: building a fusebox friendly verity(other?) search engine
>
>
> I had asked Hal Helms and Nat Papovich about that very thing
> at the Dev
> conference in November. Hal hadn't really messed with it too
> much and Nat
> said the only solution they came up with was extremely sticky
> so they stayed
> away from it as much as possible.
>
> Hal suggested I do a little research on it and see if there
> was a viable
> solution. So, I have been beating my head against a wall
> since the Dev
> conference trying to come up with a "simple", usable solution.
>
> I broke this into 2 parts, the first being the problem with
> the return URL
> that verity gives you will only point directly to the file
> that it returns
> in your results. This takes you out of your Fusebox by not
> calling the
> index.cfm page in that circuit.
>
> The second was coming up with a solution that would allow the
> verity engine
> to only index the dsp_ files since that is where I keep most
> of my static
> content. I didnt want to index the act_, app_, or qry_ files
> since they are
> really supporting files.
>
> I have *almost* solved the first issue with a simple custom
> tag call at the
> top of each dsp_ file that you index. It takes 2 arguments,
> the fuseAction
> that you use to call that fuse in the index.cfm file and a
> dynamic page
> title for the fuse if you use them. It seems a little
> cumbersome at first
> but I havent been abot to come up with any thing that is easier.
>
> The second problem has been quite a bit harder to find a
> solution for. I
> havent really found a way to filter the circuits in an
> application and only
> index the dsp_ files. The closest I have been able to come
> to solving this
> is by creating a circuit called "content" and placing all of
> my static dsp_
> files that I want indexed in it. Create a collection on that
> circuit and
> use the custom tag and it has been working pretty good so far.
>
> You can search multiple collections by creating a
> comma-delimited list in
> the collection field so this gives you the ability to search
> your fuses and
> the database content.
>
> I hope to have a better solution for the indexing part pretty
> soon. I have
> recruited some help to come up with an app that will handle
> it for you.
>
> I'll let you know as soon as I finalize the custom tag for
> the dsp_ files.
> I really only have to add my exception handling to it and it should be
> completed.
>
> Hal sure knows how to drive someone out of his mind!! BTW
> Hal, you'll be the
> first to know when it's complete. I remember you saying you
> wanted to take
> .....erm, credit for it!! :o)
>
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