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Chapter 16, Using Search 427
Using the Query Operators
This search only results in documents that contain the exact word
plan
. It
ignores documents with plans or planning .
Modifying Operators
You can use AND, OR, and NOT to modify other operators. For example, you
may want to exclude documents with titles that contain the phrase theme park.
A query such as this would solve this problem:
Title NOT <CONTAINS theme park
Determining Which Operators To Use
Use the following reference to help determine which operators to use. Note
that the query language is not case-sensitive, so <starts and <STARTS are
equivalent. This document uses uppercase for clarity only.
The following table describes some commonly used operators and provides
examples of how to use each one. All are relevance ranked except where
explicitly noted.
Table 16.3 Deciding which operator to use
Type of Search Valid Operators Examples
Finding documents by date or
numeric value comparison. is equal to (=),
greater than (>),
greater than or equal to
(>=),
less than (<),
less than or equal to (<=)
DATE >= 06-30-96
Finds documents created on or after
June 30, 1996.
Finding words or phrases in
specific document fields or in
specific locations in the field. <STARTS>,
<CONTAINS>,
<ENDS>,
is equal to (=)
Title <STARTS> Help
Finds documents with titles that start
with
Help .
Finding two or more words in a
document. AND,
<NEAR/1>
specifications AND review
Finds documents that contain both
specifications and review .