[htdig] Re: [htdig-dev] Search engine question

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

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According to Deal, David:
> Currently, AARP uses ht:/dig on it's Web site. Currently, htdig does NOT
> allow for phrase searches, according to the lead tech guy, without using the
> Boolean search. For example, placing quotations around "EAP alive in
> Congress" and finding that phrase in articles on the AARP web site.
> 
> However, some of the sites that you have listed as htdig users DO allow
> phrase searches. How do they put phrase searches on the AARP web site
> without using the Boolean search?

Boolean searches are one of 3 methods in which htsearch queries can be
specified, the other 2 being "and" (all) and "or" (any) which imply a
boolean search with "and" or "or" operators interspersed between each
search word.  Phrase searching is another matter, although future versions
of htsearch (3.2 series) may support phrase searching as a search method.

For now, only the 3.2 beta releases of htsearch support phrase searching,
and it's selected by putting double quotes around the search terms.
This is independent of the selected search method.

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)