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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Determine the correct structure
In most cases, you should add the new field to the descriptor structure. However, sometimes the Structure field contains something other than the word "descriptor". When this occurs, add the new field to the appropriate location.
Action to take with non-descriptor fields:
| In this instance | Add the field here |
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| The field resides in another structure |
Check the cm3r dbdict. There is a "middle" field of structure type. |
| The field is an array | If the field is an array, the field name appears twice in the new field list. Check any field of array type. The root field has array type, but the same name field normally has the real type (for example, VARCHAR(60)). Use the first entry to determine the structure where you should add the array. The Structure field in the second entry reflects both the structure for the array (unless it uses the descriptor structure) and the name of the array itself. |
| The field is part of an array of structures | Check the kmcategory dbdict permission field, which is a structured array field. |
Note When adding fields to an array of structures, add them in the same order as they appear in the sqlupgrade record.
