BLOB in alias table (Deprecated)

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)`

The BLOB in alias table format maps a Service Manager array field as a binary large object (BLOB) within an alias table. This array format is deprecated. In earlier versions, this format was intended to support the following features:

Your RDBMS vendor could only support one "long" data type per table (This is still a restriction on Oracle databases but can be worked around by using CLOB and BLOB data types instead.)

You want the option to store very large array elements

You want to support complex arrays of structure

You do not need to use third-party tools to run reports against your array data

You should use one of the following array formats instead of the BLOB in alias table format.

Field in main table

BLOB in main table

Multi-row array table

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