On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 10:56 AM, you wrote:
rg> HEY! That's GREAT! You've volunteered to write informix queries for my rg> email searches then!! been 10 years since I've written any Informix reports, I like to keep things simple these days, although using TB is making my life complex again:) 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): personally, I'd probably do the search differently. Either just on JANIS, or use the FROM:, put my name in, then use JANIS as the search. rg> 1) how should I enter the search strings? Is example 1 or 2 above rg> correct? They report different matches! my test showed 17 return emails on one method, 18 on the other, so they were probably the same for 90+% of the search. rg> 2) Is it different from version to version? I can't answer that, did you check the beta archives for SEARCH? -- Paul Using The Bat! v2.04.7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Jan2004 (4.1.342) (avast! version number) 0402-2 (25.02.2004) (avast! DB version number) 4.1.342 (avast! plugin version number) ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.04 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html