Re: Search Philosophy
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39370
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > > Thanks to those that replied. > I wish I could use lookup as I would like to keep this as fast as possible > but the variables are being entered by the user so I think the case sensitivity > will kill this. Also, I can't really [lowercase] or [uppercase] the value because > the fields will contain mixed. :-(In the spirit of TMTOWTDI, you can create a search field that is an uppercase combination of one (or more) field(s) that is used for search purposes only and the proper case field is used for display. That would allow you to use [lookup] for speed, as well as being able to decide what words you want to be searchable (i.e. remove the a, etc).HINT: try to search for a single space some time and you'll see why a keywords field can be VERY useful.JOhn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Donovan Brooke wrote: > > Thanks to those that replied. > I wish I could use lookup as I would like to keep this as fast as possible > but the variables are being entered by the user so I think the case sensitivity > will kill this. Also, I can't really [lowercase] or [uppercase] the value because > the fields will contain mixed. :-(In the spirit of TMTOWTDI, you can create a search field that is an uppercase combination of one (or more) field(s) that is used for search purposes only and the proper case field is used for display. That would allow you to use [lookup] for speed, as well as being able to decide what words you want to be searchable (i.e. remove the a, etc).HINT: try to search for a single space some time and you'll see why a keywords field can be VERY useful.JOhn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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