Content Central supports three types of full-text search requests:
An any words search is any sequence of text, such as a sentence or question. In this type of search, use quotation marks around phrases, place a + in front of any word or phrase that is required, and place a - in front of a word or phrase to exclude it.
An all words search request is similar to an any words request expect that all of the words in the search request must be present for a document to be found.
A search request consists of word or phrase groups linked by connectors such as AND and OR, which indicate the relationship between them.
Table B.1. Boolean Search Requests
| apple and pear | both words must be present |
| apple or pear | either word can be present |
| apple w/5 pear | apple must occur within 5 words of pear |
| apple not w/5 pear | apple must occur, but not within 5 words of pear |
| apple and not pear | only apple must be present |
If you use more than one connector, use parentheses to indicate precisely what you want to search for. For example, apple and pear or orange could mean (apple and pear) or orange, or it could mean apple and (pear or orange).
Noise words, such as if and the, are ignored.
Search terms may include the following special characters:
Table B.2. Special Characters
| ? | matches any character |
| = | matches any single digit |
| * | matches any number of characters |
| ~~ | range search |