Search string?

Search string?

• jaypatel

  Have you tried searching for "06 422" (WITHOUT the quotes) It might be because it's word-breaking on the hyphen.
  
  

• GaryBROE

  mmmmmh. I'm afraid I was a little too quick on this one: *06-422 works for documents on server but gets no e-mails...

  So I still need support...

  Thanks again on helping me solving this.

  Hugues

  
  

• ErwinTsai

  "06 422" (WITHOUT the quotes) doesn't help neither: no consistent results.

  But what does the "*" stand for Is it a wild card character

  TIA

  Hugues

  
  

• ken1234567

  Thanks for the reply. Looks like I've found a workaround. But don't know why it works.

  1° Uninstalled WDS 2.5.1.1119

  2° Installed 2.6.5000.5378: same problem.

  3° Thinking of 'wild cards', I tryed *06-422: it works!

  Thanks again for your support

  Hugues

  
  

• G.G.

  Hugues,

  I've been digging around trying to find a search method that will work for you. The frustrating part is that the standard search terms - say "06-422" - work just fine on my machine so it has been difficult trying to identify what will and will not work for you.

  The "*" is a multi-character wildcard. For example, you could type "natur*" and receive results like "nature," "natural," "naturally" and so on. When I use the "*" wildcard I am unable to search email - the same experience you are having.

  I have, however, had some success using " " The " " is a single character wildcard and using it allows me to search my index for email and other files. For example, I am able to type "06 422". I can then find files on file servers and in exchange with a name or body containing 06-422. Unfortunately, using the " " also means I find files containing 06142 and such. On the brightside, there don't seem to be that many files that contain 06142 or similar numbers out there (for me at least).

  Does the " " wildcard work for you

  Paul Nytrom - MSFT

  
  
  

• GerardDOTNET

  Hello Hugues,

  This one is interesting. Your line of reasoning makes perfect sense (the - acting as the 'NOT' operator). Strangely, I've been unable to replicate this problem on any of my test machines. I've been able to find files named 06-442, traced-magic, etc. by simply entering the file name into WDS. For example to find the file 06-442 I simply entered 06-442 into the WDS search box. It worked for me using 06-442, '06-442', and "06-442" as inputs.

  With that said, are you sure you have WDS set to index the file server locations on which the documents you're searching for are located You can check this by doing the following:

  Right click on the WDS icon in the system tray (magnifying glass)

  Select Desktop Search Options

  Select "Indexing" in the left navigation bar and then look in the "Choose what you want to index" box. You should have "Custom folders and e-mail locations" selected and, if you click "Browse" you should be able to see the file folder location you are trying to search selected.

  Does this shed any light on the issue

  Paul Nystrom - MSFT

  
  
  
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