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
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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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Organization of arrays of structures in the database dictionary
In each database dictionary, an array of structures appears in a group. The group is organized hierarchically, with the field of type array listed first. The field of type structure is listed next, and is indented once from the field of type array. The remaining fields are indented and listed below the field of type structure, and can be of types Character, Number, Location, or Date/Time.
Related topics
Arrayed structures
Arrays
Structures
Alias fields
Adding a key
Methods for updating database dictionary records
Modifying a key
Methods for deleting database dictionary records
Deleting a key
Add an array
Designate unique fields in the array of structures
Create the unique and attribute subtables
Name the unique and attribute files
View the unique and attribute subtables
Create an active database dictionary record
