[AccessD] Searching our archives

...hey! ...here I was tryin' to be subtle and all that :)

William Hindman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Searching our archives


> 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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