Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition

Creating Collections

The first step in creating a search interface for your ColdFusion application is to define a Verity collection and register it with ColdFusion. A Verity collection is actually a specialized database that stores metadata about a group of documents or a ColdFusion query object that you specify. Instead of searching through each of your documents or query objects every time a search is performed, Verity searches through the metadata stored in the collection you created. Because the metadata is highly optimized, Verity can quickly and efficiently locate your search criteria. Collections can be created and subsequently registered via the ColdFusion Administrator or created programmatically with the cfcollection tag or via command-line utilities such as Verity’s mkvdk or Spider tools. Consult your ColdFusion documentation for more information on creating and indexing collections with Verity’s command-line tools.

Creating Collections with the ColdFusion Administrator

Creating a Verity collection using the ColdFusion Administrator is a quick and painless process. The steps for creating a new collection in the ColdFusion Administrator are as follows:

1. Click on the Verity Collections link in the Data & Services section of the ColdFusion Administrator.

2. Type a unique name for the new collection in the Name text box under the Add New Verity Collections section. Names should contain only letters, numbers, and underscores. In ColdFusion MX, collection names may now contain ...