ColdFusion 5 Enterprise features software based clustering using the integrated ClusterCATS technologies. ClusterCATS clusters are usually managed and administered using an interactive utility, but for automated or script driven management and administration use the included btadmin command line...
The Verity K2 server is a high performance indexing engine that is included with ColdFusion 5, and can be used via the standard tag (and related tags). But K2 is not up and running by default, you need to set it up manually. Doing this involves three steps: 1) editing the k2server.ini file to...
Need to import large blocks of data quickly into a Verity collection (without looping through one item at a time)? The command line mkvdk utility (in the ColdFusion bin directory) supports an optional -bulk parameter which can be used to pass a file containing data to be inserted (as well as...
The Verity rcvdk utility (in the ColdFusion bin directory) can be used to perform command line searches against a Verity collection. But if you are using the K2 engine (included with ColdFusion 5 or later) you'll need to use the rck2 command line utility instead. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 or later)
Verity indexes data and stores those indexes in collections. To view a list of all indexed words, as well as the total number of documents in which that word appears (along with other information) use the didump utility (in the ColdFusion bin directory). (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 or later)
The Verity browse utility (in the ColdFusion bin directory) can be used to browse or step through the fields stored within a Verity collection. Browse is a command line menu driven utility that can be used to browse internal, standard, and even custom data fields. (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 or later)
Verity data is stored in special databases called "collections". Collections are usually created and maintained using the ColdFusion Administrator (or the tag) allowing you to create, modify, and delete collections at will - everything but merging collections. To merge two collections you must use...
Verity search engine searches are usually performed using the CFML tag. But when needed, command line searches are supported using the rcvdk utility included with ColdFusion. This utility is ideal for experimenting with Verity search syntax (using the Verity query language). (Applies to: ColdFusion...
One of the most important distinctions between CFML and is in ending expressions. CFML code does not require that expressions be terminated, does - every statement must end with a semicolon. In addition, groups of statements must be enclosed within curly braces. (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 or later)
ColdFusion comes in different editions (Express, Professional, Enterprise) and different features are available in each. If you ever write code that requires a specific edition, you might want to have that code check the Server.ColdFusion.ProductLevel variable first to determine exactly what is...