FTSearchSorted (NotesView - LotusScript®)
Conducts a full-text search on all documents in a view and filters the view so it represents only those documents that match the full-text query in sorted order.
Defined in
Syntax
numDocs& = = notesView .FTSearchSorted( query
[maxDocs%
]
[column
] [ascending
] [exact
]
[variants
] [fuzzy
] )
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
query |
Variant. The full-text query or the intersection of multiple queries. See below for the query syntax. |
maxdocs% |
Integer. Optional. The maximum number of documents you want returned from the search. If you want to receive all documents that match the query, specify 0. Defaults to 0. |
column |
Variant. Optional. The name or 0-based index
of a sorted column. A specification of NotesView.VIEW_FTSS_RELEVANCE_ORDER
(512) returns results in relevance order while honoring the
use of the extended flags for exact case, variants, and fuzzy search. |
ascending |
Boolean. Optional. Sorts column data in ascending
order if true, descending order if false. Defaults to true. Ignored
if NotesView.VIEW_FTSS_RELEVANCE_ORDER is in effect.
The availability of a column to be sorted in ascending or descending
order is determined by "Click on column header to sort" on the Sorting
tab of the column properties. The relevant options are Ascending,
Descending, and Both. Trying to sort a column in an unsupported direction
throws an NOTES_ERR_INVALIDVIEWRESORT exception. |
exact |
Boolean. Optional. Applies the EXACTCASE filter to the search if true. Defaults to false. |
variants |
Boolean. Optional. Returns word variants in the search results if true. Defaults to false. |
fuzzy |
Boolean. Optional. Returns misspelled words in the search results if true. Defaults to false. |
Return value
numDocs&
The number of documents in the view after the search. Each of these documents matches the query.
Usage
After
calling this method, you can use the regular NotesView methods to
navigate the result, which is a subset of the documents in the view.
When passing in just the query argument, the documents in the subset
are sorted using the default collation of 0. To retrieve the documents
with a different collation pass in the name or index of the column
you wish to sort on along with any optional search flags. The method GetFirstDocument
returns
the first document in the subset, GetLastDocument
returns
the last document, and so on.
Use the Clear
method
to clear the full-text search filtering. The NotesView methods now
navigate to the full set of documents in the view.
If the database
is not full-text indexed, this method will issue an error. To test
for an index, use the IsFTIndexed
property. To create
an index on a local database, use the UpdateFTIndex
method.
Query syntax
To search for a word or phrase, enter the word or phrase as is, except that search keywords must be enclosed in quotes. Remember to escape quotes if you are inside a literal.
Wildcards, operators, and other syntax are permitted. For the complete syntax rules, see "Refining a search query using operators" in Notes® Help. Search for "query syntax" in the Domino® Designer Eclipse help system or information center (for example, http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/domhelp/v8r0/index.jsp), both of which include Lotus Notes®.
The query is of type Variant which can either be a single String or a Array of String which will be combined together with an AND during the search.
Language cross-reference
FTSearchSorted method in Java™ View class
FTSearchSorted method in JavaScript™ NotesView class
ViewShowOnlySearchResults @command in formula language