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cfindex

Description

Populates a Verity search engine collection with an index of documents on a file system or of ColdFusion query result sets.

A collection must exist before it can be populated.

A collection can be indexed in the following ways:

• In ColdFusion, with the cfindex tag
• In the ColdFusion Administrator, which calls the cfindex tag
• Using a native Verity indexing tool, such as Vspider or MKVDK

For more information, see Developing ColdFusion MX Applications with CFML.

Category

Extensibility tags

Syntax

<cfindex 
  collection = "collection_name"
  action = "action"
  type = "type"
  title = "title"
  key = "ID"
  body = "body"
  custom1 = "custom_value"
  custom2 = "custom_value"
  URLpath = "URL"
  extensions = "file_extensions"
  query = "query_name"
  recurse = "Yes" or "No"
  language = "language">

See also

cfcollection, cfexecute, cfobject, cfreport, cfsearch, cfwddx

History

New in ColdFusion MX:

• The action attribute value optimize is obsolete. It does not work, and might cause an error, in ColdFusion MX.
• It is not necessary to specify the external attribute. (ColdFusion automatically detects whether a collection is internal or external.)
• ColdFusion supports Verity operations on Acrobat PDF files.
• This tag can throw the SEARCHENGINE exception.
• This tag accepts collection names that include spaces.

Attributes

Attribute	Req/Opt	Default	Description
collection	Required		Name of a collection that is registered by ColdFusion; for example, "personnel" Name and absolute path of a collection that is not registered by ColdFusion; for example: "e:\collections\personnel"
action	Depends on collection attribute value; see Usage section		update: updates a collection and adds key to the index. Do not use the cflock tag with this option. delete: deletes data in the entities specified by the type attribute purge: deletes all keys from a collection refresh: purges all keys from a collection, then updates it.
type	Optional	custom, if query attribute is specified. file, otherwise.	file: using the key attribute value of the query result as input, applies action value to filenames or filepaths. path: using the key attribute value of the query result as input, applies action to filenames or filepaths that pass the extensions filter custom: If action = "update" or "delete": applies action to custom entities in query results.
title	Optional		Title for collection Query column name for type and a valid query name Permits searching collections by title or displaying a separate title from the key
key	Depends on action attribute value; see Usage section	(empty string)	Absolute path and file name, if type = "file" Absolute path, if type = "path" A query column name (typically, the primary key column name), if type = "custom" A query column name, if type = any other value This attribute is required for the actions listed, unless you intend for its value to be an empty string.
body	Required if type = "custom"; see Usage section		ASCII text to index Query column name(s), if name is specified in query You can specify columns in a delimited list. For example: "emp_name, dept_name, location"
custom1	Optional		Custom field in which you can store data during an indexing operation. Specify a query column name for type, and a query name.
custom2	Optional		Usage is the same as for custom1.
URLpath	Optional		If type="file" or "path", specifies the URL path. When the collection is searched with cfsearch, this pathname is prefixed to file names and returned as the url attribute.
extensions	Optional	HTM, HTML, CFM, CFML, DBM, DBML	Delimited list of file extensions that ColdFusion uses to index files, if type = "Path". "*." returns files with no extension. For example: the following code returns files with a listed extension or no extension: extensions = ".htm, .html, .cfm, .cfml, "*."
query	Required if type = "custom"; see Usage section		Query against which collection is generated
recurse	Optional	No	Yes: if type = "path", directories below the path specified in key are included in indexing operation No
language	Optional	English	For options, see "cfcollection". Requires the appropriate (European or Asian) Verity Locales language pack.

Usage

This tag populates Verity search engine collections with metadata from the following sources:

• Documents stored on a file system
• ColdFusion query result sets

The following table shows the dependent relationships among this tag's attribute values:

Specifying this attribute is required, optional or unnecessary (blank):	For this action attribute value:
	purge	delete	update or refresh
collection	Required	Required	Required
type		Optional	If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional.
title			If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
key		Required	If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Required. Otherwise: unnecessary.
body			If type = "custom": Required. Otherwise: unnecessary.
custom1			If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
custom2			If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
URLPath			If type = "file" or "path": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
extensions			If type = "path": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
query		If type = "file", "path": Optional. If type = "custom": Required.	If type = "file", "path": Optional. If type = "custom": Required.
recurse			If type = "path": Optional. Otherwise: unnecessary.
language		If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional.	If type = "file", "path", or "custom": Optional.

For all action values of this tag except update, use the cflock tag to protect the collection during tag execution.

For information on the file types you can use with the Verity search engine, see Article 22492, ColdFusion Server (versions 4.5 and higher): Supported File Types for Verity, on the Macromedia ColdFusion Support Center, at http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/.

Example

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE ----------------------------------------------->
<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #1 (TYPE=FILE) (key is a filename) ---->
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets" 
    action="update" 
    type="file"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets\abs.cfm" 
    urlpath="http://localhost/cfdocs/snippets" 
    custom1="custom1" 
    custom2="custom2" > 

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #2 (TYPE=FILE) (key is a query result set column) ---->
<cfquery     name="bookquery" 
    datasource="book">
    select *from book where bookid='file' 
</cfquery> 
<cfoutput 
    query="bookquery"> 
        --#url#,#description#-- <br>
</cfoutput> 
<cfindex
    collection="snippets"
    action="update"
    type="file"
    query="bookquery"
    key="description"
    urlpath="url">

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #3 (TYPE=PATH) (extensions .htm, .html,.cfm,.cfml) --->
<cfindex     collection="snippets" 
    action="update"
    type="path"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets" 
    urlpath="http://localhost/cfdocs/snippets" 
    custom1="custom1" 
    custom2="custom2" 
    recurse="no" 
    extensions=".htm, .html, .cfm, .cfml" >

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #4 (TYPE=PATH) 
    (extensions are     files with no extension) ---->
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets"
    action="update"
    type="path"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets" 
    urlpath="http://localhost/cfdocs/snippets" 
    custom1="custom1"
    custom2="custom2"
    recurse="no" 
    extensions="*." >

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #5 (TYPE=PATH) 
    (extensions are files with any extension) ---->
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets"
    action="update"
    type="path"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets"
    urlpath="http://localhost/cfdocs/snippets"
    custom1="custom1"
    custom2="custom2"
    recurse="no" 
    extensions=".*">

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #6 (TYPE=PATH) (where the key 
    is a query result set column) ---->
<cfquery     name="bookquery"
    datasource="book"> 
    select * from book where bookid='path1' or bookid='path2' 
</cfquery> 
<cfoutput
    query="bookquery">
        --#url#,#description#-- <br> 
</cfoutput> 
<cfindex
    collection="snippets" 
    action="update"
    type="path"
    query="bookquery"
    key="description"
    urlpath="url" >

<!--- for ACTION=UPDATE, #7 (TYPE=CUSTOM) ---->
<cfquery     name="book" 
    datasource="book">
    select * from book 
</cfquery>
<cfindex 
    collection="custom_book" 
    action="update" 
    type="custom" 
    body="description" 
    key="bookid" 
    query="book"> 

<!--- for ACTION=REFRESH----------------------------------------------->
<!--- ACTION=REFRESH, #1 (TYPE=FILE) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets" 
    action="Refresh"
    type="file"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets\abs.cfm" 
    urlpath="http://localhost/"
    custom1="custom1"
    custom2="custom2" >
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=REFRESH, #2 (TYPE=PATH) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets"
    action="refresh"
    type="path"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets"
    urlpath="http://localhost/cfdocs/snippets/"
    custom1="custom1"
    custom2="custom2"
    recurse="yes" 
    extensions=".htm,.html,.cfm,.cfml" >
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=REFRESH, #3 (TYPE=CUSTOM) ---->
<cfquery     name="book" 
    datasource="book">
    select * from book 
</cfquery>
<cfindex 
    collection="custom_book" 
    action="refresh" 
    type="custom" 
    body="description" 
    key="bookid" 
    query="book">

<!--- for ACTION=DELETE----------------------------------------------->

<!--- ACTION=DELETE, #1 (TYPE=FILE) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets" 
    action="delete" 
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets\abs.cfm" >
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=DELETE, #2 (TYPE=FILE) (the key is a query result set column) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfquery     name="book" 
    datasource="book">
    select * from book where bookid='file'
</cfquery> 
<cfoutput 
    query="book">
        --#description#-- <br>
</cfoutput>    
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets" 
    action="delete"
    type="file"
    query="book" 
    key="description" >
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=DELETE, #3 (TYPE=PATH) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets"
    action="delete"
    type="path"
    key="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\cfdocs\snippets" 
    extensions=".cfm"
    recurse="no">
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=DELETE, #4 (TYPE=PATH) (key is a query result set column) ---->
<cflock     name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfquery 
    name="bookquery"
    datasource="book">
        select * from book where bookid='path1'
        </cfquery> 
<cfoutput 
    query="bookquery"> 
        --#url#,#description#-- <br> 
</cfoutput> 
<cfindex 
    collection="snippets" 
    action="delete"
    type="path"
    query="bookquery" 
    key="description" >
</cflock>

<!--- ACTION=DELETE, #5 (TYPE=CUSTOM) ---->
<cflock name="verity" 
    timeout="60">
<cfquery     name="book" 
    datasource="book">
    select * from book where bookid='bookid1'
</cfquery>
<cfindex 
    collection="custom_book" 
    action="delete"
    type="custom"
    query="book"
    key="bookid" >
</cflock>

<!--- for ACTION=PURGE----------------------------------------------->
<cflock name="verity" 
    timeout="60"> 
<cfindex 
    action="purge"
    collection="snippets">
</cflock>

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