[Zope] Re: Metadata indexing

[Maik Jablonski]

Fabio Rolando wrote:
> I am trying to use Zcatalog to index and search documents through their 
> metadata.

Create a new index (Catalog->Indexes) for every metadata-item you want 
to index in the ZCatalog. The id of the index must be the same as the 
metadata-name.

> Please, forgive me if this question sounds silly to some expert users, 
> but I'm quite confused about how to use the Zcatalog functionalities 
> because I did not find any updated document (I am using zope 2.6) that 
> could help me understanding how it works.

You should read the ZopeBook for Zope 2.6:

http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/SearchingZCatalog.stx

-mj