ColdFusion Developer's Guide

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Indexing a collection with the ColdFusion Administrator
As an alternative to programmatically indexing a collection, use the following procedure to
index a collection with the ColdFusion Administrator.
To use ColdFusion Administrator to index a collection:
1. In the list of Verity Collections, select a collection name; for example, CodeColl.
2. Click Index to open the index page.
3. For File Extensions, enter the types of files to index. Use a comma to separate multiple file
types; for example, .htm, .html, .xls, .txt, .mif, .doc.
4. Enter (or Browse to) the directory path that contains the files to be indexed; for example,
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\vw_files.
5. (Optional) To extend the indexing operation to all directories below the selected path,
select the Recursively index subdirectories check box.
6. (Optional) Enter a Return URL to prepend to all indexed files.
This step lets you create a link to any of the files in the index; for example, http://
127.0.0.1/vw_files/.
7. (Optional) Select a language other than English.
For more information, see “Specifying a language” on page 670.
8. Click Submit Changes.
On completion, the Verity Collections page appears.
NOTE
For information about using the cfindex tag with a database to index a collection,
see “Working with data returned from a query” on page 693.
The time required to generate the index depends on the number and size of the
selected files in the path.
This interface lets you easily build a very specific index based on the file extension and path
information you enter. In most cases, you do not need to change your server file structures to
accommodate the generation of indices.
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