dtSearch Flashcards
How to search for a date?
date(january 10 2006)
How to search for date ranges?
date(january 10 2006 to january 20 2006)
How to search for email addresses?
mail(sales@example.com) returns the exact email address: sales@example.com.
mail(sa*@example.com) returns variations of the email address: sal@example.com; sales.sa@example.com.
How to search for credit card numbers?
creditcard(1234*)
What operators are supported by dtSearch?
AND, OR and NOT
How to search for apple W/5 of the last word in a document?
apple W/5 xlastword
What are the build in search words for first word and last word of a document?
xfirstword
xfirstword
What are the dtSearch connector words and how do you search for them?
and
or
not
to
contains
To search for a phrase that contains one of the dtSearch connector words, quote a connector word or the phrase it is in, or put a tilde after the connector.
Make sure to REMOVE the connector word from the noise word list.
Which operator does dtSearch and Keyword search prioritize?
dtSearch evaluates OR before AND
Keyword search evaluates AND before OR
Can you use the NOT operator in the beginning of a dtSearch expression?
Yes
What does “NOT (apple and pear)” return?
NOT (apple and pear) returns documents where apple and pear do not appear together in the same document. It returns all other documents including documents with the word apple and documents with the word pear. It does not return documents that include both terms.
how does dtSearch handle the following “(grape OR apple) (banana OR pear)”
grape OR apple banana OR pear
What is fuzzy search?
Return documents containing spelling variations of a specified term. You may want to use fuzzy searching when querying documents that contain misspelled terms, typographical errors, or have been scanned with Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
app%ly indicates that a matching word must begin with app and differ from apply by only one character.
a%%pply indicates that a matching word must begin with a and differ from apply by only two characters.
How do you make a special character searchable?
in the dtSearch index:
1. Delete the character from the category it is in (hypen or spaces)
2. Add the character four times under the Letters section:
& & & &
3. Rebuild index
What is phonic searching?
The pound sign (#) is the character used for phonic searches when added to the front of a word. For example, a phonic search for pear also finds pair and pare.
