Advantages of using Verity
Verity
can index the output from queries so that you or a user can search
against the recordsets. Searching query results has a clear advantage
over using SQL to search a database directly in speed of execution
because metadata from the recordsets are stored in a Verity index
that is optimized for searching.
Performing a Verity search has the following advantages over
other search methods:
You can reduce the programming overhead of query constructs
by allowing users to construct their own queries and execute them
directly. You need to be concerned only with presenting the output
to the client web browser.
Verity can index database text fields, such as notes and
product descriptions, that native database tools cannot effectively
index.
When indexing collections that contain documents in formats
such as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and Microsoft Word, Verity scans for
the document title (if one was entered), in addition to the document
text, and displays the title in the search results list.
When Verity indexes web pages, it can return the URL for
each document. This is a valuable document management feature.
For more information, see Indexing data returned by a query.
