website search functionality

[-D-]

I'm using ASP and want to implement a search functionality where a user can
enter a string to search and find any matches in the website for the string
they entered. I'm assuming that the string to be searched has to be stored
in a database? You can't just search text within a page that is static,
correct? The string has to be passed as a variable to be used within a SQL
statement. So, unless the text from the page is populated from a database,
it cannot be searched? Is that correct?

Thanks,
-D-

[Paul Whitham TMM]

Using a simple search then you are correct that only content within the
database can be searched. If you have access to the server you can use
Microsoft Index Server to create an index of page content and this can be
searched against. There is an article on [url]www.4guysfromrolla.com[/url] on how to do
it.

If the site is small the other alternative is something like a free search
engine from someone like [url]www.atomz.com[/url]

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Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
[url]www.valleybiz.net[/url]

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> I'm using ASP and want to implement a search functionality where a user

can

> enter a string to search and find any matches in the website for the

string

> they entered. I'm assuming that the string to be searched has to be

stored

> in a database? You can't just search text within a page that is static,
> correct? The string has to be passed as a variable to be used within a

SQL

> statement. So, unless the text from the page is populated from a

database,

> it cannot be searched? Is that correct?
>
> Thanks,
> -D-
>
>