Summary

Conducting a search is one of the most common applications on the Web. In this chapter, you learned that collections help in fast searches and conducting searches on non-numeric data. The Verity search engine is used to conduct search operations in ColdFusion. This chapter introduced you to the basics of Verity language syntax to enable you to develop search engines.

In the next chapter, you'll learn about the project case study for a Worldwide Search application for a fictitious company, InfoTools Inc. You'll implement your knowledge of the Verity search engine to develop this application.