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cfsearch
Description
Searches one or more Verity collections.
A collection must be created and indexed before this tag can return search results.
A collection can be created in these ways:
•
With the
cfcollection
tag
•
In the ColdFusion MX Administrator
•
Using a native Verity indexing tool, such as Vspider or MKVDK. For more information on
Vspider and MKVDK, see Chapter 8, “Introducing Verity and Verity Tools” in
Configuring
and Administering ColdFusion MX .
If you use a native Verity tool to create a collection, it must be registered. A collection can be
registered with ColdFusion in the following ways:
•
With the
cfcollection
tag
•
In the ColdFusion MX Administrator
A collection can be indexed in the following ways:
•
In ColdFusion, with the
cfindex
tag
•
In the ColdFusion MX Administrator, which calls the
cfindex
tag
•
Using a native Verity indexing tool, such as Vspider or MKVDK
For more information, see Chapter 24, “Building a Search Interface” in ColdFusion MX
Developer’s Guide .
Category
Extensibility tags
Syntax
<cfsearch
name = "search_name"
collection = "collection_name"
category = "category[,category2,...]"
categoryTree = "tree_location"
status = ""
type = "criteria"
criteria = "search_expression"
maxRows = "number"
startRow = "row_number"
suggestions = "suggestion_option"
contextPassages = "number_of_passages"
contextBytes = "number_of_bytes"
contextHighlightBegin = "html_string"
contextHighlightEnd = "html_string"
previousCriteria = "criteria"
language = "language">
CHAPTER 2
ColdFusion Tags