BASIS has indexed three areas for searching. They are:
- The BASIS Documentation.
- The BASIS Knowledge Base.
- The BASIS web site exclusive of the above items.
Each of the areas can be searched exclusive of the others or the whole site, which would include all three areas. If
the whole site is selected, then the search results will display the first two results from each area, and only one if
just one result is found. The results page will then identify how many additional, if any, results were
found in each area and provide a link to those results. Refer to Interpreting
Your Search Results for more information on the search results.
The following instructions, identify how to construct your search.
Plain Query
Searches documents containing specified word.
For example, to search for a word, simply type the complete word in the search box. Search terms are not case sensitive.
Phrase
Searches for exact match of few words.
For example. to find all documents that contain the word BBj followed by the word Enterprise, type "BBj Enterprise" (quotes are necessary).
Exclude pages containing specified words
Allows the search to be narrowed by excluding pages containing specified words or expressions. It is important to put a
space before the "minus" sign and to leave no space after it.
For example, to find all documents containing the word BBj but not containing the word Enterprise, type BBj -Enterprise.
Search by pattern
Allows searching for documents containing words that match a specified pattern. Character '?' means any character. Character
'*' means sequence of any characters. You should use at least three non-pattern characters at the beginning of the pattern.
For example, to find all documents containing words beginning with obj, type obj*.
Logical AND
Allows searching for documents that contain both of the specified words or expressions.
For example, to find all documents containing both the word GUIBuilder and the phrase "Data dictionary," type
GUIBuilder AND "Data Dictionary". The logical AND connector is case sensitive.
Logical OR
Allows searching for documents that contain at least one of the specified words or expressions.
For example, to find all documents containing the either the word GUIBuilder, or the word Resbuilder, type GUIBuilder |
Resbuilder. You can use either the pipe symbol or the term OR. The logical OR connector is case sensitive.
Complex expressions
Allows searching for documents, that match specified complex expressions. Expressions can be composed using the AND,
OR, and | boolean operators. Subexpressions can be grouped using parentheses. Subexpressions can be another boolean
expression or just a word, pattern, or phrase. Only OR or | operators and parentheses can be used inside phrases.
For example, to find documents containing either phrase "BBj Enterprise" or the word JDBC and the word services, type
("BBj Enterprise" | JDBC) AND Services.
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