Re: wo search help

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24911
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks for the thread, folks! I have been going nuts trying to figure out why my wbrk wasn't working as expected. As I understand it, if I issue a:...&namewbrk= ]it would force Webcat to ONLY use space as the word delimiter. The default would also interpret ., which I have being trying to avoid to no avail! I suppose a work around might be a convertchar db ... but its a user workaround to a supposed feature in the code.>Thanks for all the help guys - I've been on a plane so I missed part of the >discussion but thanks for verifying that I havn't gone totally crazy on >this issue. > >I guess we'll sit and wait to see if SM/PCS responds to this. Its really >too bad cuz using wo and value lists are so handy. > >SM/PCS: anybody listening? > > > >>>No it was just left at that. I was deeply embroiled in this and was >>>disappointed to learn that webDNA also uses the default word breaks in >>>addition to our assigned codes. Which for the novice is good but if your >>>looking to truly utilize the wbrk function its a bust. >>> >>>I classify it a bug. If not its existance really limits the capabilities of >>>wbrk. >> >> >>Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I thought. >> >>Novices don't use wbrk anyways, they use the default settings, so I don't >>see why SM doesn't just fix this once and for all -- to make it useful to >>those of us who actually need it. >> >>And how long ago was this issue brought to SM's attention? Wasn't it more >>than a year ago, like the NT listfiles bug that you *also* told them about >>more than a year ago? >> >>This kind of oversight, with no effort to fix the problem, seems par for >>the course. It's just plain foolish to be able to add more wbrk characters >>without also being able to get rid of the default characters at the same >>time -- thus we cannot perform a very common type of search because the >>software simply does not support it. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >To end your Mail problems go to . > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Rick Hill Information Systems Manager Web Master UCD Bookstore Office Phone: (530) 757-3192 University of California FAX: (530) 757-3010 One Shields Avenue E-Mail: rrhill@ucdavis.edu Davis, CA 95616-5293 Visit the UCD Bookstore web site: http://ucdbookstore.ucdavis.edu------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: (long) Support (was Re: wo search help) (John Hill 1999)
  2. (long) Support (was Re: wo search help) (Marty Schmid 1999)
  3. Re: wo search help (Marty Schmid 1999)
  4. Re: wo search help (Rick Hill 1999)
  5. Re: wo search help (Marty Schmid 1999)
  6. Re: wo search help (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  7. Re: wo search help (Bob Minor 1999)
  8. Re: wo search help (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  9. Re: wo search help (Marty Schmid 1999)
  10. Re: wo search help (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  11. wo search help (Marty Schmid 1999)
Thanks for the thread, folks! I have been going nuts trying to figure out why my wbrk wasn't working as expected. As I understand it, if I issue a:...&namewbrk= ]it would force Webcat to ONLY use space as the word delimiter. The default would also interpret ., which I have being trying to avoid to no avail! I suppose a work around might be a convertchar db ... but its a user workaround to a supposed feature in the code.>Thanks for all the help guys - I've been on a plane so I missed part of the >discussion but thanks for verifying that I havn't gone totally crazy on >this issue. > >I guess we'll sit and wait to see if SM/PCS responds to this. Its really >too bad cuz using wo and value lists are so handy. > >SM/PCS: anybody listening? > > > >>>No it was just left at that. I was deeply embroiled in this and was >>>disappointed to learn that webDNA also uses the default word breaks in >>>addition to our assigned codes. Which for the novice is good but if your >>>looking to truly utilize the wbrk function its a bust. >>> >>>I classify it a bug. If not its existance really limits the capabilities of >>>wbrk. >> >> >>Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I thought. >> >>Novices don't use wbrk anyways, they use the default settings, so I don't >>see why SM doesn't just fix this once and for all -- to make it useful to >>those of us who actually need it. >> >>And how long ago was this issue brought to SM's attention? Wasn't it more >>than a year ago, like the NT listfiles bug that you *also* told them about >>more than a year ago? >> >>This kind of oversight, with no effort to fix the problem, seems par for >>the course. It's just plain foolish to be able to add more wbrk characters >>without also being able to get rid of the default characters at the same >>time -- thus we cannot perform a very common type of search because the >>software simply does not support it. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. >To end your Mail problems go to . > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Rick Hill Information Systems Manager Web Master UCD Bookstore Office Phone: (530) 757-3192 University of California FAX: (530) 757-3010 One Shields Avenue E-Mail: rrhill@ucdavis.edu Davis, CA 95616-5293 Visit the UCD Bookstore web site: http://ucdbookstore.ucdavis.edu------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Rick Hill

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