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Use AND to require the term on each side of the AND operator
be present in the topic. There is an implied AND between search terms. Topics
that contain every term in the query are listed in the search. For example, if
you enter
database service, topics that contain both the
term database and the term service display. Topics that contains only the term
service or only the term database do not display.
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Use OR before optional terms. For example, if you enter
database OR service, topics that contain
either the term database or the term service display.
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Use NOT before a term that you want to exclude from the search
results. For example,
database NOT service displays topics that
contain the term database, but do not contain the term service.
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Use ? to match any single character. For example,
plu? displays topics that contain plug.
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Use * to match any set of characters, including an empty
string. For example,
plu* displays topics that contain plug or
plugin.
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Use double quotation marks to enclose a term that is to be
treated as a phrase. For example,
"edit menu" displays topics with this entire
term, not topics with only the term edit or the term menu.
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Case is ignored. For example,
database service displays database service,
Database Service, and DATABASE SERVICE.
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Punctuation acts as a term delimiter. For example,
web.xml displays topics that contain web.xml,
web, and xml. To display only topics that contain web.xml, enclose the term in
double quotes.
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In a search query, if you enter
create, topics that contain create, creates,
creating, and creation are displayed. To only see the term create, enclose the
term in double quotes.
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The following English words are ignored in search queries: a,
and, are, as, at, be, but, by, in, into, is, it, no, not, of, on, or, s, such,
t, that, the, their, then, there, these, they, to, was, will, with.