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From: kql <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Research Targets Report
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:07:33 -0800
References: <KLEHKLBKCGJNIPPLHNGOGECNDEAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <KLEHKLBKCGJNIPPLHNGOGECNDEAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>


Cheri Casper wrote:
> Oh, well. Learn something new every day because the asterisk filtering
> works differently for, say, your Source List. If you use the asterisk-no
> space-text, you will get text that BEGINS with the text string. If,
> however, you use asterisk - space - text string, you will get any text
> string that CONTAINS the string. Therefore, I incorrectly assumed that if
> you used the asterisk - space - Missouri State Archives, the results would
> return any repository place that CONTAINED the text string Missouri State
> Archives. There seems inconsistency here, then. Unless I am missing
> something.

They actually work almost the same way.

In both places,
*US produces any names containing "us" with preceding text
* US produces any names containing " us" with preceding text
US* produces any names containing "us" with text following
This is the standard way that searching operates in databases and other
search engines.

In the GB source list,
US produces the same as US*
[This does not work in the Report filters because the Place List search
is a find-as-you-type system. Example: N finds all the places that
start with N, including Nebraska, Nevada, and North Dakota; adding e
(Ne) then finds all the places starting with Ne-- Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire and all the rest of the News.) This is the way that Find in
This Page search works in Firefox.

Kathy

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