Programming ColdFusion

Name

CFSEARCH

Synopsis

<CFSEARCH>

Performs search operations on data contained in Verity collections.

Attributes

NAME=" search_name "

Name for the query containing the search results. Required.

COLLECTION=" collection_name | collection_path "

The name of the collection you wish to search, or in the case of externally generated collections, the full path to the collection directory. Multiple collections may be searched provided the collection names or paths are separated by commas. When specifying multiple collections, you can’t mix internal and external collections in the same search operation. Required.

TYPE="Simple|Explicit"

Type of search to be performed. Optional. The default is Simple, which allows you to use single words, comma-delimited lists of words, and phrases as the CRITERIA for a search. Simple searches treat the comma as a Boolean OR. phrases can also be used as the CRITERIA by surrounding them in quotation marks. By default, Simple searches employ the STEM operator and the MANY modifier. Explicit searches treat each search term as a literal, so operators must be used explicitly.

CRITERIA=" search_criteria "

The criteria for the search. Optional.

MAXROWS=" integer "

Maximum number of records to return for a given search. Optional.

STARTROW=" row_number "

The first record number in the query results from which to retrieve data. Optional.

EXTERNAL="Yes|No"

Whether or not the Verity collection being searched was created with a version of Verity other than the ...