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)`

Service Manager9.51

Administer > System configuration parameters > Database parameters > sqltextdateformat

SQL parameters: sqltextdateformat

Startup parameters change the behavior of the HPE Service Manager server. You can always set a startup parameter from the server's operating system command prompt.

Parameter

sqltextdateformat

Description

This parameter defines the format the HPE Service Manager server uses to write out dates to strings. This parameter causes all dates to have the same format regardless of the date format specified for the user.

Valid if set from

Server's operating system command prompt

Initialization file (sm.ini)

Requires restart of the Service Manager server?

Yes

Default value

MM/DD/YY

Possible values

Date formats

YYYY/MM/DD
YY/MM/DD
MM/DD/YYYY
MM/DD/YY
DD/MM/YYYY
DD/MM/YY

Example usage

Command line: sm -httpPort:13080 -sqldb:dbserver -sqltextdateformat:MM/DD/YYYY

Initialization file: sqltextdateformat:MM/DD/YYYY

Note You should only use this parameter prior to conversion. Using it or changing it does not work for a converted system.

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