>Does using this syntax actually do a "search" of the custom1 field, or >just filter on exact matches?
I'm not sure I understand exactly the distinction you're trying to draw, but I'll answer what I think your question might be. As I've written those examples (with the backticks around the strings), Verity will be looking for an exact match. If you're asking, "can I do field searches that still benefit from the stemming, etc. that Verity applies to regular search words?" then... I'm not sure. For example, if you put a set of keywords in custom2, and wanted to do something like: cf_custom2:important cf_custom2:search cf_custom2:terms We haven't really needed to do that. Certainly, in explicit syntax, you have exact control over the search operators you're applying to those fields. In the internet syntax, I would *think* that the word would be treated the same whether body or a field, but I haven't really tested it. (And my guesses about reasonable behavior have certainly been wrong plenty of times with regard to CF and Verity.) Sixten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4