I'm just trying to get a basic understand of the WSS search capabilities, I
using WSS as document storage/version control from a custom Web App. From
what I've read, it seems all the Searching Services are availabe only if you
install Sharepoint Portal Server, which we don't have.

So my question is, how do I build a remote, custom search app? I have
full-text search enable on the SQL 2000 backend, do I have to setup Catelogs
for each DB I want to be able to search? Which DB contains teh document
information/properties? Is webDAV a solution to searching WSS?

I'd appreciate any help, just trying to get a good idea what options are
available to me, and for some guidance in my research. If someone could
just give me the names of the basic technologies I can use or should use,
I'm all for reading and learning what I can on my own, just need to know
where to start.

Thanks for your time,
-Chad

Re: WSS Searching by Kim

Kim
Mon Feb 16 14:31:10 CST 2004

You should be able to use the built-in search on your WSS site. Are you not
seeing the search box? Or is it not working properly? Or do you have other
business requirements such that the built-in search will not meet your
needs?

There is a table called "Docs" that contains the document information.

--

-Kim

www.kimquigley.com
**Chicks Make Great Programmers Too**


"Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eEFggdM9DHA.1472@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> I'm just trying to get a basic understand of the WSS search capabilities,
I
> using WSS as document storage/version control from a custom Web App. From
> what I've read, it seems all the Searching Services are availabe only if
you
> install Sharepoint Portal Server, which we don't have.
>
> So my question is, how do I build a remote, custom search app? I have
> full-text search enable on the SQL 2000 backend, do I have to setup
Catelogs
> for each DB I want to be able to search? Which DB contains teh document
> information/properties? Is webDAV a solution to searching WSS?
>
> I'd appreciate any help, just trying to get a good idea what options are
> available to me, and for some guidance in my research. If someone could
> just give me the names of the basic technologies I can use or should use,
> I'm all for reading and learning what I can on my own, just need to know
> where to start.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> -Chad
>
>
>
>



Re: WSS Searching by Chad

Chad
Mon Feb 16 15:45:52 CST 2004

I'm trying to do everything programatically from a separate web application,
so I'm trying to do everything through web service calls, maybe I am wrong
to ask development questions in this forum.

Thanks for the help,
-Chad



"Kim Quigley" <kimquigley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%230eujvM9DHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> You should be able to use the built-in search on your WSS site. Are you
not
> seeing the search box? Or is it not working properly? Or do you have other
> business requirements such that the built-in search will not meet your
> needs?
>
> There is a table called "Docs" that contains the document information.
>
> --
>
> -Kim
>
> www.kimquigley.com
> **Chicks Make Great Programmers Too**
>
>
> "Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eEFggdM9DHA.1472@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >
> > I'm just trying to get a basic understand of the WSS search
capabilities,
> I
> > using WSS as document storage/version control from a custom Web App.
From
> > what I've read, it seems all the Searching Services are availabe only if
> you
> > install Sharepoint Portal Server, which we don't have.
> >
> > So my question is, how do I build a remote, custom search app? I have
> > full-text search enable on the SQL 2000 backend, do I have to setup
> Catelogs
> > for each DB I want to be able to search? Which DB contains teh document
> > information/properties? Is webDAV a solution to searching WSS?
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help, just trying to get a good idea what options are
> > available to me, and for some guidance in my research. If someone could
> > just give me the names of the basic technologies I can use or should
use,
> > I'm all for reading and learning what I can on my own, just need to know
> > where to start.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> > -Chad
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>



Re: WSS Searching by Gregg

Gregg
Tue Feb 17 08:50:17 CST 2004

No this is the right group for you Chad

have you already crafted up a custom web service or are ytou going to use
the canned web services that shipped. I would suggest that you cut out your
own web service if you are comfortable. The easiest method aftyer that is to
use the searching functions of the SPWeb class (SearchDocuments and
SearchListItems).

"Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eqdzAZN9DHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to do everything programatically from a separate web
application,
> so I'm trying to do everything through web service calls, maybe I am wrong
> to ask development questions in this forum.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> -Chad
>
>
>
> "Kim Quigley" <kimquigley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%230eujvM9DHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > You should be able to use the built-in search on your WSS site. Are you
> not
> > seeing the search box? Or is it not working properly? Or do you have
other
> > business requirements such that the built-in search will not meet your
> > needs?
> >
> > There is a table called "Docs" that contains the document information.
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Kim
> >
> > www.kimquigley.com
> > **Chicks Make Great Programmers Too**
> >
> >
> > "Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:eEFggdM9DHA.1472@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > I'm just trying to get a basic understand of the WSS search
> capabilities,
> > I
> > > using WSS as document storage/version control from a custom Web App.
> From
> > > what I've read, it seems all the Searching Services are availabe only
if
> > you
> > > install Sharepoint Portal Server, which we don't have.
> > >
> > > So my question is, how do I build a remote, custom search app? I have
> > > full-text search enable on the SQL 2000 backend, do I have to setup
> > Catelogs
> > > for each DB I want to be able to search? Which DB contains teh
document
> > > information/properties? Is webDAV a solution to searching WSS?
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate any help, just trying to get a good idea what options
are
> > > available to me, and for some guidance in my research. If someone
could
> > > just give me the names of the basic technologies I can use or should
> use,
> > > I'm all for reading and learning what I can on my own, just need to
know
> > > where to start.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time,
> > > -Chad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



Re: WSS Searching by Brent

Brent
Tue Feb 17 13:33:45 CST 2004

I too am interested in expending the search capabilities in WSS. Currently,
search will not find documents in meeting or document workspaces created
inside the WSS. I see that all of the documents are stored in the same Doc
table, but search is limited to the current site. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Brent Bassett
Center for Computer Resources

"Gregg Smith" <SharePoint_MSDN@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eTUNeVW9DHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> No this is the right group for you Chad
>
> have you already crafted up a custom web service or are ytou going to use
> the canned web services that shipped. I would suggest that you cut out
your
> own web service if you are comfortable. The easiest method aftyer that is
to
> use the searching functions of the SPWeb class (SearchDocuments and
> SearchListItems).
>
> "Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eqdzAZN9DHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I'm trying to do everything programatically from a separate web
> application,
> > so I'm trying to do everything through web service calls, maybe I am
wrong
> > to ask development questions in this forum.
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > -Chad
> >
> >
> >
> > "Kim Quigley" <kimquigley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%230eujvM9DHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > You should be able to use the built-in search on your WSS site. Are
you
> > not
> > > seeing the search box? Or is it not working properly? Or do you have
> other
> > > business requirements such that the built-in search will not meet your
> > > needs?
> > >
> > > There is a table called "Docs" that contains the document information.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > -Kim
> > >
> > > www.kimquigley.com
> > > **Chicks Make Great Programmers Too**
> > >
> > >
> > > "Chad Finnegan" <ctfinnegan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eEFggdM9DHA.1472@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > >
> > > > I'm just trying to get a basic understand of the WSS search
> > capabilities,
> > > I
> > > > using WSS as document storage/version control from a custom Web App.
> > From
> > > > what I've read, it seems all the Searching Services are availabe
only
> if
> > > you
> > > > install Sharepoint Portal Server, which we don't have.
> > > >
> > > > So my question is, how do I build a remote, custom search app? I
have
> > > > full-text search enable on the SQL 2000 backend, do I have to setup
> > > Catelogs
> > > > for each DB I want to be able to search? Which DB contains teh
> document
> > > > information/properties? Is webDAV a solution to searching WSS?
> > > >
> > > > I'd appreciate any help, just trying to get a good idea what options
> are
> > > > available to me, and for some guidance in my research. If someone
> could
> > > > just give me the names of the basic technologies I can use or should
> > use,
> > > > I'm all for reading and learning what I can on my own, just need to
> know
> > > > where to start.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your time,
> > > > -Chad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>