[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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