Crawling a database, supported or not?

[amgeex]

According to the Administration and Troubleshooting Guide for OYE 8.4.2 I can add a database to a collection and its contents will be crawled and indexed. I, however, have read a few posts regarding database crawling and they mentioned that this was not possible.

I'm considering using OYE for a website, but I need to be able to crawl and index the contents of an SQL Server database, this is crucial. Also, I need to know what is considered as a "document" when crawling and indexing data from a database, if it is in fact possible.

Thanks a bunch in advance!

[thecoolone]

You can crawl only supported databases that you can connect to by using JDBC driver by using the Admin console. You can also write a custom applications to add the "document" to the index using the "Add and delete document API". The details of this can be found in the OYE API guide http://842docs.omnifind.info/oye_api_guide_v842.pdf

With regards to your other question of "what is considered as a "document" when crawling and indexing data from a database" I honestly don't know. Maybe Sean or Maxime could throw some light here.