skWare's HTML Search Engine FAQ
FAQ
Below is a list of the more commonly asked questions and answers.
Why the C program ?
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Speed. You would not believe how slow wcCode is in reading
files a byte at a time.
I have just updated my html pages and the query program does not
find any of the new words ?
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You must create a new index. The query program uses the index
database when searching for words not the html pages directly.
When one of my users try to select a link returned by the query
program they get a URL not found error.
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If you have made changes to your html pages such as renaming files or shifting
directories around you must create a new index.
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Make sure the the http_dir and disk_dir parameters
supplied to the indexing program are correct.
When my users try an online query the get an error about Indexing
currently in progress. It's not. What's wrong ?
- The index generation program must have crashed without releasing
the index lock. Delete the file called sksearchengine_idxgen.lck in
your data directory and all should be well.
Indexing of my html pages takes forever. What can I do to make it
go faster ?
- The index generation program in APPEND mode creates a temporary
index of the directory being indexed and then merges the temporary index
and current index to make a new one. You should therefore index your small
directories first and the large directories last as the merge process does
take some time.
The documenttation does not cover ... ?
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Well we are in the alpha stage and will be the first to admit that the
documentation needs work. Send email to
Steve Davies
with your query. He will attempt to answer your query promptly and update
the documentation as required.
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