FieldText Operators

The following FieldText operators are available in IDOL server. For more information about usage, refer to the IDOL Server Reference.

Operator Finds
MATCH a value that exactly matches one or more specified strings.
EQUAL a number that exactly matches the specified number.
GREATER a number that is greater than the specified number.
LESS a number that is smaller than the specified number.
NRANGE a number that falls in the specified range.
NOTEQUAL a number that does not match the specified number.
GTNOW a date after the current date.
LTNOW a date before the current date.
RANGE a date that falls in the specified range.
WILD a value that matches the specified wildcard string.
ARANGE a value in a specified alphabetical range.
BITAND a value that gives a non-zero value for a specific bitwise AND operation against a specified value.
BITANDHEX a hexadecimal value that gives a non-zero value for a specific bitwise AND operation against a specified hexadecimal value.
BITANDOFFHEX a hexadecimal value that gives a non-zero value for a specific bitwise AND operation against a specified hexadecimal value, with an offset.
BITSET a value in a bit field where the specified bit is set.
BOOLEANFIELD a Boolean or Proximity agent expression that matches the specified text.
DISTCARTESIAN Cartesian coordinate values within a specified distance from a specified point.
DISTSPHERICAL latitude and longitude values within a specified distance from a specified point.
EMPTY documents in which the specified field is empty or does not exist.
EXISTS documents that contain the specified field, irrespective of its value.
FUZZY a value similar to the specified string.
LENGTH a value with a specified length.
MATCHALL documents that contain all the specified strings in multiple instances of the specified field.
EQUALALL documents that contain all the specified numbers in multiple instances of the specified field.
MATCHCOVER documents that contain all the specified strings in multiple instances of the specified field, but where none of the instances of the field contain a value that is not specified.
EQUALCOVER documents that contain all the specified numbers in multiple instances of the specified field, but where none of the instances of the field contain a value that is not specified.
MATCHRECURSE documents that contain a specified reference, recursively to a specified number of matches.
NOTMATCH documents that contain at least one instance of the specified field that does not contain a value that exactly matches the specified value.
NOTSTRING documents that contain at least one instance of the specified field that does not contain a string that matches the specified string value.
NOTWILD documents that contain a least one instance of the specified field that does not contain a string that matches the specified wildcard value.
POLYGON a Cartesian coordinate value that falls within a specified polygonal shape. See POLYGON FieldText Search.
STRING a specified string value.
STRINGALL all the specified values in at least one instance of the field.
SUBSTRING a value that is a substring of the specified value.
TERM a value that matches the stem of the specified values.
TERMALL documents that contain values that match the stem of all the specified values in multiple instances of the specified field.
TERMEXACT a value that contain the specified term.
TERMEXACTALL documents where the specified field contains an exact match of all the specified terms.
TERMEXACTPHRASE a value that contains the specified phrase.
TERMPHRASE  documents where the specified field contains a conceptual match of a specified phrase (that is, terms in the phrase are stemmed, but stop words are not removed).

The following field operators allow you to bias results towards those that contain a particular value, by boosting relevance for certain values.

Operator Description
BIAS Bias the result relevance according to the numerical proximity of the specified field to a specified value.
BIASDATE Bias the result relevance according to the proximity of a date in the specified field to a specified date.
BIASDISTCARTESIAN Bias the result relevance according to the proximity of Cartesian coordinates to a specified position.
BIASDISTSPHERICAL Bias the result relevance according to the proximity of the latitude and longitude values to a specified position.
BIASVAL Bias the result relevance when the specified field contains a specified value.

 


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