Full-Text Search Operators

The special search operators that you use to perform full-text searches are part of the Verity search engine. Table 5-3 describes the Verity search operators provided by the Full-Text Search engine.

**Table 5-3: Verity search operators**
Operator Name	Description
accrue	Selects documents that contain at least one of the search elements specified in a query. The more search elements there are, the higher the score will be.
and	Selects documents that contain all the search elements specified in a query.
complement	Returns the complement of the score value (the score value subtracted from 100).
in	Selects documents that contain the search criteria in the document zone specified.
like	Selects documents that are similar to the sample documents or passages specified in a query.
near	Selects documents containing the specified search elements, where the closer the search terms are to each other in a document, the higher the document’s score.
near/n	Selects documents containing two or more search terms within n number of words of each other, where n is an integer up to 1000. The closer the search terms are to each other in a document, the higher the document’s score.
or	Selects documents that contain at least one of the search elements specified in a query.
paragraph	Selects documents that include all the search elements you specify within the same paragraph.
phrase	Selects documents that include a particular phrase. A phrase is a grouping of two or more words that occur in a specific order.
product	Multiplies the score values for each of the items of the search criteria.
sentence	Selects documents that include all the specified words in the same sentence.
stem	Expands the search to include the specified word and its variations.
sum	Adds the score values for all items in the search criteria.
thesaurus	Expands the search to include the specified word and its synonyms.
topic	Specifies that the search term you enter is a topic.
wildcard	Matches wildcard characters included in search strings. Certain characters indicate a wildcard specification automatically.
word	Performs a basic word search, selecting documents that include one or more instances of the specified word.
yesno	Converts all nonzero score values to 100.