Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
At this point I need to make sure that you (and everyone else) know that I am NOT "attacking" in seeking the answers to this question. Though my fictitious example may be lame, the question (I think) deserves a definitive answer (not necessarily by you, of course). I only seek the truth! rg>> Seriously, 2 words does not a complex search make. If I need to rg>> *RELIABLY* find the email where I invited JANIS to the DANCE (only rg>> want emails where BOTH those words exist): PC> personally, I'd probably do the search differently. Either just on PC> JANIS, or use the FROM:, put my name in, then use JANIS as the search. I don't think you *can* put your name in the FROM and JANIS as the search term. Can you? In my example, assume I've sent Janis many hundreds of emails, the dance was probably over a year ago, and I invited hundreds of folks to this dance. The only sane and reliable way to quickly find that one message I seek is to do an AND search. I am (as I am SURE others are) seeking the answer to why one search works one way and another the other way. rg>> 1) how should I enter the search strings? Is example 1 or 2 above rg>> correct? They report different matches! PC> my test showed 17 return emails on one method, 18 on the other, so they PC> were probably the same for 90+% of the search. This is the root question then! What is the difference between the 2 versions (with vs w/o spaces around the &) of the search syntax? With hundreds (or more) of hits 90% isn't good enough. rg>> 2) Is it different from version to version? PC> I can't answer that, did you check the beta archives for SEARCH? I think it may be. -- Rich Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
Search for: rgchicken&soup PC>>> searched using that method, found 18 messages rg chicken & soup PC>>> searched using this method found 17 messages... rg>> Brings up more questions than it answered for me! PC> the answer is simple:) keep the searches to one word;0) I've never PC> really tried a complex search on an email. You want complex, I'll PC> show you some INFORMIX report queries HEY! That's GREAT! You've volunteered to write informix queries for my email searches then!! Seriously, 2 words does not a complex search make. If I need to *RELIABLY* find the email where I invited JANIS to the DANCE (only want emails where BOTH those words exist): 1) how should I enter the search strings? Is example 1 or 2 above correct? They report different matches! 2) Is it different from version to version? -- Rich Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
Searching for: rgchicken&soup PC>>> searched using that method, found 18 messages rg chicken & soup PC>>> searched using this method found 17 messages... dh> To confuse even more, sometimes I see less messages in the result dh> list than are "counted" as result in the statusline. If I press dh> Alt-0/Alt-1 they come up. Very bad, too. What do ALT-0 & ALT-1 do? -- Rich Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
rg>> I *think* various versions of TB! expect the search term to be entered rg>> differently... My earlier version wanted rg>>chicken&soup PC> searched using that method, found 18 messages rg>> but the newer version works with rg>> chicken & soup PC> searched using this method found 17 messages... Brings up more questions than it answered for me! -- Rich Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
E> I have never had luck searching for more than one word, but E> the search mechanism works fine (through single or multiple E> folders). I *think* various versions of TB! expect the search term to be entered differently... My earlier version wanted chicken&soup but the newer version works with chicken & soup -- Rich Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 11:22:15 AM, Mark wrote: M> When I installed 2.04.4 over 2.01.3 the installation M> routine presented a default folder for install, which M> I assumed to be the current installation folder. M> However, the default folder presented was M> c:/program files/TheBat M> The 2.01.03 default installation had been to M> c:/program files/The Bat (note the space) Interesting. I just (!) upgraded to 2.04.4 from 2.01.3 and have also just confirmed I have the search bug. However, I do not have multiple install directories. I think, serious though the double install problem is, it maybe a red herring in the search issue. I think RIT need to publish a fix for this pronto. Everybody should *not* be expected to employ the fix described here (but kudos to they who found the fix). Surely, the nature of this beast suggests that there is a file in 2.03 that is needed in 2.04? -- Cheers, Allister Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Crash on Search in 2.04.4
At 7:56 PM on 2/23/2004, Allie Martin typed ... A> This is very odd. A> TB! normally upgrades an installation, taking the installation path A> from the registry so that a prior installation is upgraded. I know A> this since for a long time, I had TB! installed in a different A> directory from the default and I never had to adjust the installation A> path when upgrading. Quite odd, indeed. I've been updating from version to version for a long time and I've always just installed over the existing installation (as the instructions suggest). My directory is the same as it's always been: C:\Program Files\The Bat!\ And my messages are stored in directories under D:\BatMail\. Each subsequent new version has found everything. -- Bill Blinn - Technology Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - 2/23/2004 at 8:08 PM Technology Editor, Newsradio 610 WTVN, Columbus, Ohio Using The Bat! v2.04.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Random thought: Cats understand if some of their friends cannot come inside. This line was left blank intentionally, but now these words are in it. Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
