Search Rules; Angle Brackets; Combining Operators; Using Query Operators As Search Words - Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server Administrator's Manual

Using the Query Operators

Search Rules

To create complex searches, you can combine query operators, manipulate the
query syntax, and include wildcard characters.

Angle Brackets

With the exception of the AND, OR, NOT, and the date and numeric comparison
operators, you need to enclose query operators in angle brackets, as in
<CONTAINS and <WILDCARD.

Combining Operators

You can combine several query operators into a single query to obtain precise
results. For example, you can input the following query to limit your search to
those documents that have Bay and Monterey but excludes those that also
mention Aquarium:
You can achieve even greater precision by including some implicit phrases, as
in the following query that finds documents that refer to the Monterey Bay
Aquarium by its full name and also mention otters but do not refer to shark:

Using Query Operators as Search Words

You can use any of the query operators as a search word, but you must enclose
the word in quotation marks. For example, you could search for documents
about the ebb and flow of the tides with the following query:

Canceling Stemming

You can cancel the implicit stemming by using quotation marks around a word.
For example, you can be exact by using a query such as this:
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Monterey AND Bay NOT <CONTAINS Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium AND otter AND NOT shark
<CONTAINS ebb "and" flow
"plan"