Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Administer > Database Administration > Data persistence > Queries > Use the not symbol with logical or relational operators

Use the not symbol with logical or relational operators

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

Example: Retrieve all device records, excluding those that begin with the letter C, in the Vendor Name field.

Note: If your database has not first been set up to enable case-insensitive searching, this query returns records that begin with a lowercase letter c.

In this example, we use the not relational operator to exclude records in the device.qbe form.

To use the not symbol with logical or relational operators:

Click Tailoring > Database Manager.
Type =device in the Form field, and then click Search.
With the device form open, type C or ~C in the Vendor Name field, and then click Find.

Note: Using the tilde (~) character is platform-dependent.
Click any record in the list of returned records to view the details.

Note: A device is also referred to as an Asset or Configuration Item (CI).

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