User Guide

Creating a Searchable Data Source 279

The collection #Form.IndexColl# has been indexed.

</cfoutput>

</body>

</html>

3 Save the file as collectionindexaction.cfm.

4View collectionindexform.cfm in your browser, enter values, and then click

Index.

Building a search interface

After you create and index a searchable data source, you need to build a search

interface to allow users to access the data source. The

cfsearch tag provides users

with a set of operators and modifiers to create sophisticated query expressions. This

section describes how to get a basic search application up and running. Later

sections explore these options in detail.

Using the Verity Wizard in ColdFusion Studio

To quickly create a search application for an existing collection, select File > New in

ColdFusion Studio and select the Verity Wizard in the CFML tab of the New

Document dialog box. The wizard creates a set of application pages based on the

entries you make in the wizard pages.

You can customize the search interface by adding instructional text for users and

applying styles to the form pages.

Basic search operations

The following procedure describes the basic search operations.

To search the collection:

1 Create a file in ColdFusion Studio.

2 Modify the file so that it appears as follows:

<html>

<head>

<title>Select the collection to search</title>

</head>

<body>

<h2>Search</h2>

<p>Enter the collection you want to search:

<p>Select the type of search:<br>

<input type=radio

name=type