Not Quite OT, but here is my angle on dtSearch, which I purchased out of frustration with building a Verity-based search solution in my fusebox document library app... > Okay, I've installed dtSearch, and I can honestly say its "Da BoMb"!!! > > First, a preface: dtSearch has no CF components, and is not easily > fuseboxable in the way you all might like. > > That being the case, however, here's the scoop: > The dtSearch Web product actually is a suite of related apps. One app > builds the indexes of all the content you want to make searchable. The > indexing process is pretty fast, and more important, is schedulable so you > can do this part at 3 am or whatever. > > You can have multiple indexes, so it's not like a single monolithic index > of everything. For example, I just built an index of our MSDS data sheets. > It's separate from other indexes, so folks can search through the MSDS > stuff specifically. > > Now, their web component will build pretty standardized search pages, > which is what I'm doing, since I don't see a lotta benefit in reinventing > the wheel, just so I can stamp "Fuseboxed" on it. However, you could > certainly invest the time in doing this yerself, though. It's just a form > submission to an ISAPI component. Roll yer own form. Why not? > > For those who are into doing things the program way, the whole search > thing is accessable as a COM component, but they don't have examples of > doing this with CFOBJECT. There are examples with ASP, and I spoke with a > tech guy who knew folks who were doin' it with CFOBJECT, but he didn't > have specific code snips. Bummer. I tolk 'em that CFers would love an > alternative to Verity. > > The search engine! Truly Da Bomb. You can do a phonic search, where a > misspelled word still pulls the result. Fer example, the misspelled > "warfrin" still pulls up warnings about Warfarin. Hah, just try that with > the built-in Verity engine in CF! > > This baby is HOT! Without writin' a lick o' code, I'm now setting up our > intranet site to be searchable. The users are happy. I can bang this whole > thing out in a day, and return to writing fusebox code and hassling y'all > on this list. > > For $664 at GSA pricing, dtSearch Web is worth every dime. Y'all can score > it at www.dtsearch.com . > > Oh yeah, this ain't a paid testimonial. I just luvvv the thing. > > > Alan McCollough > Web Programmer > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > Alaska Native Medical Center > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
