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Sorry for the OT post.. ;) -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Serch Engine Woes > My problem: > > I have 3 types of documents: > > PDFS, .CFM Static Files and Database Content > > I need to index all three into '1' collection that can be > searched. > > PDF's on Linux cannot be directly indexed, so I am using > pdf2txt to convert them to a shadow directory of files > labelled: filename.pdf.txt... and then just stripping > the .txt off the result to link to the actual PDF. > > *** *** *** > > Can I combine these into 1 search somehow? Can I take my > index (created with the CF Admin of the shadowed PDF's > in their directories) and insert the results into a > database somehow? Has somebody done something like > this and they're selling/sharing the perfect solution? I might be missing something, but the short answer is yes, you can index all three into a single collection: <cfindex action="refresh" collection="col1" type="file" path="/path/to/pdf.txt" ...> <cfindex action="update" collection="col1" type="file" path="/path/to/staticfiles" ...> <cfquery name="qStuff" ...> SELECT fields FROM table_to_search </cfquery> <cfindex action="update" collection="col1" type="custom" query="qStuff" ...> Or, you could index them into three separate collections, and search them all at once: <cfsearch ... collection="col1,col2,col3"> Typically, you wouldn't want to use CFINDEX to index .cfm files, though - you'd either index the database content used within those files, or you'd use the Verity spider (vspider). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
