Re: Searching for words equal to A or equal to B

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22421
interpreted = N
texte = >>... >>In this case cars, when Rover is selected it also brings back results for >>Land Rover and visa versa. I have put [url] in my initial form but for WO >>searches this doesn't seem to work. >> >>The problem here is WO search is not exact enough, it finds all my search >>words in the manufacturer field, I need EQ or BW searches of multiple >>manufacturers on the same field but also I need to have them RQ-ed >> >>I need a tag like WEQO, unless anyone can suggest another way of doing this? > > >Have a look into the manual and try the technique of grouped searches. >You can have (for example) one required field and a group of 3 or-fields, >but one of the 3 must match... >I've had a good try of the 'group' searches, these allow you to search for your words in the same field but all those must be in the same record for a match.There doesn't seem to be what I need, ie: to search a field for an 'exact' match for any of my multiple search terms.Can this be done PCS? Can I add it to the wish list?Paul WIllis Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Searching for words equal to A or equal to B (Paul Willis 1999)
  2. Re: Searching for words equal to A or equal to B (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  3. Re: Searching for words equal to A or equal to B (Paul Willis 1999)
  4. Re: Searching for words equal to A or equal to B (Peter Ostry 1999)
  5. Searching for words equal to A or equal to B (Paul Willis 1999)
>>... >>In this case cars, when Rover is selected it also brings back results for >>Land Rover and visa versa. I have put [url] in my initial form but for WO >>searches this doesn't seem to work. >> >>The problem here is WO search is not exact enough, it finds all my search >>words in the manufacturer field, I need EQ or BW searches of multiple >>manufacturers on the same field but also I need to have them RQ-ed >> >>I need a tag like WEQO, unless anyone can suggest another way of doing this? > > >Have a look into the manual and try the technique of grouped searches. >You can have (for example) one required field and a group of 3 or-fields, >but one of the 3 must match... >I've had a good try of the 'group' searches, these allow you to search for your words in the same field but all those must be in the same record for a match.There doesn't seem to be what I need, ie: to search a field for an 'exact' match for any of my multiple search terms.Can this be done PCS? Can I add it to the wish list?Paul WIllis Paul Willis

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