Thanks Stewart! This has solved the problem - and - given me much more control over exactly what is searched and what is not searched - as well as weighting the results.
Thanks for pointing this out. David On Jul 20, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Stewart Shelline wrote: > You might want to look at field queries. They allow you to define which > elements to include and exclude within a defined fragment. You can also > weight each included element. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Scott > Gurney > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] Excluding a node from search > > Is there a way to exclude specific nodes from a search using search:search? > I need to be able to search documents, but exclude a particular element (and > every other node within that element) from the search. > > I have tried adding an additional query in the search options as shown below: > > <additional-query> > { > cts:not-query( cts:element-query(xs:QName("tei:note"), > "*") ) > } > </additional-query> > > but this ends up excluding all documents that contain tei:note elements. > > Here is a simple example to further illustrate what I'm trying to accomplish. > > Given the xml below: > > <first>First element > <second>Second element</second> > <excludeMe>Exclude element</excludeMe> > </second> > </first > > I want to search for the string "element" and only find the first and second > element text nodes. The <excludeMe> node should be absent from the search > results. > > > What else can I try? > > Thanks > David > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > copies of the original message. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
