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■ cf_root\lib\common\style\file
• Unix:
■ cf_root/lib/common/style (typically, cf_root = /opt/coldfusionmx)
■ cf_root/lib/common/style/custom
■ cf_root/lib/common/style/file
Note: To search for a character such as an angle bracket (< or >), you must use a criteria attribute
value such as "&lt:" or "&lt:". The bracket characters are reserved in Verity, and using a
backslash to escape the character (criteria="\<") does not work in this context. For more
information, see Chapter 25, “Using Verity Search Expressions,” in Developing ColdFusion MX
Applications.
Macromedia does not recommend using the cflock tag with this tag; Verity provides the locking
function. Using the
cflock tag slows search performance.
This tag returns a record set whose columns you can reference in a
cfoutput tag. For example,
the following code specifies a search for the exact terms "filming" or "filmed":
<cfsearch
name = "mySearch"
collection = "myCollection"
criteria = '<WILDCARD>`film{ing,ed}`'
type="explicit"
startrow=1>
<cfdump var = "#mySearch#>
In this example, the single quotation mark (') and backtick (`) characters are used as delimiters;
for more information, see Chapter 25, “Using Verity Search Expressions,” in Developing
ColdFusion MX Applications.
cfsearch result columns
Variable Description
url
Value of URLpath attribute in the cfindex tag used to populate a collection. If
type = "custom", the value is always empty when you populate a collection.
key
Value of the attribute in the cfindex tag used to populate collection
title
Value of title attribute in cfindex operation used to populate the collection,
including PDF and Office document titles. If title is not provided, the tag uses
the
cfindex title attribute value for each row.
score
Relevancy score of document based on search criteria
custom1, custom2
Value of custom fields in cfindex operation used to populate collection.
summary
Contents of automatic summary generated by cfindex.
Default: best three matching sentences, up to 500 characters.
recordCount
Number of records returned in record set
currentRow
Current row that cfoutput is processing
columnList
List of column names within record set
recordsSearched
Number of records searched