Verity - displaying filesize in search results

[TBJ]

We have a search engine using Verity. The search results page displays the
title, linked filename, summary and rank (score). Is there a way to get the
file size and display it (ie: tempfile.pdf, 56KB). I know if we were using a
database we could have a column(filesize) which kept that info and then
display it using the Custom 1 tag in the cfindex file (custom1="filesize"), but
we are not using a database. Any suggestions or ideas on showing the file size
will be great! Thanks.

[mpwoodward *TMM*]

TBJ wrote:

> We have a search engine using Verity. The search results page displays the
> title, linked filename, summary and rank (score). Is there a way to get the
> file size and display it (ie: tempfile.pdf, 56KB). I know if we were using a
> database we could have a column(filesize) which kept that info and then
> display it using the Custom 1 tag in the cfindex file (custom1="filesize"), but
> we are not using a database. Any suggestions or ideas on showing the file size
> will be great! Thanks.
>

If you're meaning you index files as opposed to database content, the
Verity search results actually return the size of the document in a
field called size, which is in bytes. You can just output that in your
search results.

Matt

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Matt Woodward
Team Macromedia - ColdFusion

[Tom Jordahl]

Note there is a bug (soon to be addressed with a hotfix) in CFMX 7 that
non-category searches return the file size in K not bytes. The hotfix will
change it to bytes.

But yes, CFMX 7 automatically returns the file size in the search results
query.

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Tom Jordahl
Macromedia Server Development

[TBJ]

Thanks for the help. However, I get an error that the variable is not defined.
Am I missing something. Is there something i need to do in the cf_infex file.

Variable SIZE is undefined.

The code is:
<cfoutput query="XOSResults">
<!---file size--->
File size: #size#
<br>

</cfoutput>

[Tom Jordahl]

This fix is in the cumulative hotfix #2 and above.

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17883#MX7[/url]

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Tom Jordahl
Macromedia Server Development

[Tom Jordahl]

Check the XOSResults with cfdump to see what is or is not there.

<cfdump var="#XOSResults#">

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Tom Jordahl
Macromedia Server Development