Hey, Adam, Thanks for the response! Are you exporting your database content to a flat file and then indexing it or is Lucene able to index right out of the db?
Many Thanks, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:01 AM Subject: RE: Search Engines > Hi Ryan, > > We used to use verity but when we started indexing over 3million files > it got very slow indeed. We now use lucene to index flat files and > database content. If you are a java coder you can write your own cfx > interface to lucene and then anything you can access with java you can > index with lucene. > > It seems a daunting task at first but once you get your head around how > lucene works its really easy. > > To give you an idea of speed we index over 90,000 flat files in one > index and the search takes about 140ms on a Sun E250. (dual proc 300mhz > 1gb ram). The indexing is also far quicker. > > Adam. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:35 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Search Engines > > > We currently use the canned verity search features that come with CF 5, > but we're outgrowing it. Can anyone give me a few leads on alternative > search engines other than K2? I'd like a few options to explore. BTW, > we're indexing text out of a database, not pages on the site. > > Thanks! > > Ryan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
