Conducts a Domain Search, that is, a full-text search of all databases configured in the Domain Catalog database and marked as included for multi-database indexing.

Note This method is new with Release 5.

Defined in

NotesDatabase

Syntax

Set notesDocument = notesDatabase.FTDomainSearch( query$, maxDocs%, [ sortoptions%], [ otheroptions%], [ start&], [ count%], [ entryform$ ] )

Parameters

query$

String. The full-text query.

Integer. The maximum number of documents you want returned from the query. Set this parameter to 0 to receive all matching documents.

Integer. Optional. Sorting options. Combine options by adding.
• FT_DATE_ASC (64) sorts by document creation date in ascending order.
• FT_DATE_DES (32) sorts by document creation date in descending order.
• FT_SCORES (8) sorts by relevance score (default).

Integer. Optional. Search options. Combine options by adding.
• FT_DATABASE (8192) includes Domino databases.
• FT_FUZZY (16384) searches for related words. Need not be an exact match.
• FT_FILESYSTEM (4096) includes files that are not Domino databases.
• FT_STEMS (512) uses stem words as the basis of the search.
• FT_THESAURUS (1024) uses thesaurus synonyms.

Long. Optional. The starting page to return.

Integer. Optional. The number of pages to return.

The name of the search form in the domain catalog.

notesDocument

A NotesDocument with a formatted list of matching documents.

The databases you want included in the search must have the property "Include in multi-database indexing" set to TRUE.

The current NotesDatabase object must represent a Domain Catalog.

If you don't specify any sort options, you get the documents sorted by relevance score. If you ask for a sort by date, you don't get relevance scores.

Query syntax

To search for a word or phrase, enter the word or phrase as is, except for search keywords must be enclosed in quotes. Remember to escape quotes if you are inside a literal.

Wildcards, operators, and other syntax are permitted. For the complete syntax rules, see "Refining a search query using operators" in Lotus Notes Help. Search for "query syntax" in the Domino Designer Eclipse help system or information center (for example, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp), both of which include Lotus Notes.

Language cross-reference

FTDomainSearch method in Java Database class

Example

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