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25-03-2011, 07:53 PM | #1 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: 1975
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Good afternoon
We have implemented full text natural language searching on AFF. In simple terms this means: 1. Searches can now be performed on any word (or phrase) of more than two characters except for a list of default words that are excluded such as "if" "so" "to etc. 2. Searches can now be performed using Boolean search functions - thus: A search for P5 would return all results for P5 Model LTD/Landau but - A search for P5 + Coupe (or P5 AND Coupe) would only return those results where both search terms were present. You could also use P5 - Coupe (or P5 NOT Coupe) to exclude the results for Coupes. 3. Wild card operators (*) can be used in both plain and Boolean searches. e.g: a search for P* would return P5 and P6 models - be careful using wild cards on such short phrases as you are likely to have a slow search and a lot of irrelevant results. Better to use something like P* AND LTD 4. A phrase that is enclosed within double quote (") characters matches only rows that contain the phrase literally, as it was typed. e.g: a search for "1975 P5 LTD" would only return a result for that exact phrase. 5. Results are still capped at 500 while we gauge the server load from this search function. 6. Please Note: some searches may take a little longer than they have in the past but this will improve with each search as the indices are refined. Questions and comments can be posted in the thread HERE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some further examples form the manual:
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