[AccessD] Searching our archives

We're talking about you, not to you! :-)

Cheers
Stuart

On 28 Dec 2006 at 22:33, JWColby wrote:

> Hey, I resemble that remark.  ;-) 
> 
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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> -----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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