[AccessD] Searching our archives

Hey, I resemble that remark.  ;-) 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:32 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Searching our archives

...would that the instructions were half so clear where they are needed
most, there rather than here ...you'd think his obtusity himself wrote them,
eh :)

William Hindman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Searching our archives


> On 12/28/06, Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Can someone explain how searching the AccessD archives work?  For 
>> example:
>
> I'll do my best.
>
>> I search for a key word and it gives me a bunch of results...no 
>> dates...but
>> if I open one of the results I have the option to sort by date...when I 
>> do
>> this...still no dates shown...but the header states that the results are
>> from 1 month only (not sure how that month is determined).  With this how
>> would I isolate something in a specific time frame?
>
> The results that you get are in relevance order assuming that you
> didn't change the Sort By drop down, iow, the most relevant answers
> are displayed first. The more stars you get, the more relevant the
> search results are. IIRC 5 stars is the highest rating.
>
> The date (and, thread, subject & author) link at the top are NOT for
> the search results. They are for the archive in general. When you
> click the date link it will take you to the index for the month that
> the post was made in, so if you are looking at a post for Oct 2004 and
> you click the date link it will take you to the date index for October
> 2004. Same deal, but different index, for the other links.
>
> AFAIK there is no way to limit the search by date, but I'll have a
> look when I get a chance.
>
> Does this help Mark? If not, ask and I'll try and clarify.
>
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