Hi, I don't have much to do with that particular website--that's run by the York University website. But I can give you an easy answer as to why it won't do phrase searching. The program used on the website, ht://Dig, at the moment is not capable of doing phrase searches. If the "search machine" was claiming it was looking for the whole phrase, then you should let the webmaster know--usually the address webmaster@... will get the appropriate person. -- -Geoff Hutchison Williams Students Online http://wso.williams.edu/ At 2:00 PM -0500 9/15/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I looked for a site to email questions on your homepage and related pages >and found none. So I am asking you. I used your search machine at >http://at.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/htsearch to find a reference for > >open book decomposition > >Even though, at the top of the page, it listed the request as (open) and >(book) and (decomposition) the sites located had open OR book OR >decomposition. I wanted the entire phrase and your search machine seemed >to be claiming that it was looking for the entire phrase, but in fact, >references that mentioned "book" did not mention "decomposition" etc. > >So my question: How can I get the search machine to find the phrase, open >book decomposition? I have tried 'open book decomposition', "open book >decomposition", (open book decomposition), (open) and (book) and >(decomposition) with the match being "All" and with the match being >"Boolean". > >Thank you for your time and help. > >Paul Sundheim >University of Wisconsin >1500 University Drive >Waukesha, WI 53188 >(262) 521-5437 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will receive a message to confirm this. List archives: <http://www.htdig.org/mail/menu.html> FAQ: <http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html>
