Special Edition Using® Macromedia® Studio 8

Chapter 20. Using the Integrated Verity Search Engine

In this chapter

• Understanding the Basics of Searching 388

• Using SQL Queries to Return Search Results 389

• ColdFusion’s Verity Search Engine Architecture 391

• Configuring Verity and Creating a Collection 392

• Submitting Queries to the Verity Search Server 394

• Troubleshooting 395

• Best Practices—Designing a User Interface for Your Search Application 395

So you have planned out your next site, given a lot of time to the database backend, identified thousands of products for your visitors to buy, and you’re ready to roll...right? Well, maybe not quite yet. Sure, you might have tons of stuff to buy, but how are your visitors going to find the item they’re looking for in your mega-catalog? The answer is usually ...