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Not able to search for the # character GillRilla 08-29-2006
Posted by GillRilla on August 29, 2006, 3:42 pm
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Can anyone shed some light on why I cannot search for a term like "Team #1"

I have done some testing and it seems that I cannot search effectively for
the # character.

Thanks,

Gill



Posted by Jeff R. on August 29, 2006, 6:35 pm
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Could be a special character. You may need to preface it in some way.

> Can anyone shed some light on why I cannot search for a term like "Team
> #1"
>
> I have done some testing and it seems that I cannot search effectively for
> the # character.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gill
>



Posted by Hilary Cotter on September 3, 2006, 12:08 pm
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that's true, most non alphanumeric characters are not indexed. The
exceptions are $, and +,# after a uppercase character. In this case a search
on c# is matched with c, c!, c#, and c+, but a search on C++, C+, or C# is
matched only with C++, C+, or C# respectively.

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> Can anyone shed some light on why I cannot search for a term like "Team
> #1"
>
> I have done some testing and it seems that I cannot search effectively for
> the # character.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gill
>



Posted by GillRilla on September 5, 2006, 3:34 pm
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Thanks Guys.

Nice to hear from you again Hilary.

Gill


> that's true, most non alphanumeric characters are not indexed. The
> exceptions are $, and +,# after a uppercase character. In this case a
> search on c# is matched with c, c!, c#, and c+, but a search on C++, C+,
> or C# is matched only with C++, C+, or C# respectively.
>
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Director of Text Mining and Database Strategy
> RelevantNOISE.Com - Dedicated to mining blogs for business intelligence.
>
> This posting is my own and doesn't necessarily represent RelevantNoise's
> positions, strategies or opinions.
>
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
>
>
>
>> Can anyone shed some light on why I cannot search for a term like "Team
>> #1"
>>
>> I have done some testing and it seems that I cannot search effectively
>> for the # character.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gill
>>
>
>



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