Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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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. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Deleting a key
You can delete keys from a database dictionary record. Remember, there is a direct correlation between the number of keys defined in a database dictionary record and the length of time it takes to add a record to that file.
A DROP INDEX statement is generated if a key is removed from the dbdict.
Note: If Service Manager determines it does not have rights to CREATE a TABLE it writes all database definition language (DDL) into files in the <RUN directory>/ddl folder and accepts changes to the dbdict without performing the DROP INDEX operation.
Related topics
Adding a key
Modifying a key
Arrays
Structures
Arrayed structures
Alias fields
Methods for updating database dictionary records
Methods for deleting database dictionary records
Add a key as the first key
Insert a key between other keys
Add keys to bottom of the key list
Modify keys: Nulls and duplicates to unique
Delete a key
