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Re: exact string search vs neighbouring words with FoxtrotPro Version 6.6 build 1926 [message #825 is a reply to message #824] Tue, 27 November 2018 09:36 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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kridrD wrote:

> When I search my archive for a two word string, a consecutive word search
> gives 135 hits, one for neighbouring words set to the stringest condition
> yields 144 hits

This is normal, as searching for neighboring words [foo bar] with the smallest distance may find "foo bar" as well as "bar foo".

> while a search for exact string only results in 45 hits

This may also be correct, if not set to ignore case, punctuation etc.

> while throwing up an error message "The index does not store document
> textual contents". All indices are set to store document textual contents,
> I checked them again to make sure.

You may search each of your indices, one by one, until you find which one(s) produce this error; then you can try rebuilding this index. Let me know if that does not fix the problem.


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