JAVA/CORBA CLASSES


FTSearchRange method
Example

Conducts a full-text search of all the documents in a database.

Note This method is new with Release 6.

Defined in

Database

Syntax

public DocumentCollection FTSearchRange(String query, int max, int sortopt, int otheropt, int start)
   throws NotesException

Parameters

String query


int max
sortopt otheropt int start
Return value

DocumentCollection


Usage

This method is the same the same as FTSearch plus the start parameter.

If the database is not full-text indexed, this method works, but less efficiently. To test for an index, use the IsFTIndexed property. To create an index on a local database, use the updateFTIndex method.

This method returns a maximum of 5,000 documents by default. The Notes.ini variable FT_MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS overrides this limit for indexed databases or databases that are not indexed but that are running in an agent on the client. For a database that is not indexed and is running in an agent on the server, you must set the TEMP_INDEX_MAX_DOC Notes.ini variable as well. The absolute maximum is 2,147,483,647.

This method searches all documents in a database. To search only documents found in a particular view, use the FTSearch method in View. To search only documents found in a particular document collection, use the FTSearch method in DocumentCollection.

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. A Newsletter object formats its doclink report with either the document creation date or the relevance score, depending on the sort options you use in the document collection.

If the database has a multi-database index, you get a multi-database search. Navigation through the resulting document collection may be slow, but you can create a newsletter from the collection.

Query syntax

To search for a word or phrase, enter the word or phrase as is, except that 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

FTSearch method in LotusScript NotesDatabase class

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