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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. INTERACTIVE SEARCH PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1 ADDRESSING QSPIRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.1 SENDING INTERACTIVE MESSAGES . . . . . . . . . . .
QSPIRES ALWAYS ANSWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1.2 COMMUNICATING VIA E-LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 SEARCH PHRASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2.1 HOW TO PHRASE YOUR REQUEST . . . . . . . . . . .
ABBREVIATIONS FOR QSPIRES COMMANDS . . . . . .
1.2.2 SEARCH TERM (= INDEX NAME) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SHOW INDEXES (SHO IND)
AND SHOW SEARCH TERMS (SHO SEA TER). . . . .
SHOW INDEX DESCRIPTION <index-name>
AND SHOW INDEX INFORMATION <index-name> .
1.2.3 RELATIONAL OPERATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE EQUALITY OPERATOR (THE DEFAULT) . . . . . . .
INEQUALITY OPERATORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONTENT OPERATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RANGE OPERATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2.4 SEARCH VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BROWSE <index-name>, BROWSE FIRST <index-name>,
AND BROWSE LAST <index-name>
BROWSE <index-name> <value> . . . . . . . . . . . .
SEARCHING WITH TRUNCATED VALUES . . . . . . .
PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUNCATION SIGN . . . . . .
ANOTHER CLASSIFICATION OF INDEXES . . . . . . .
EXCLUSION LIST FOR WORD INDEXING . . . . . . .
SEARCHING WITH SPECIAL SEARCH VALUES . . . . .
1.3 AVAILABLE DATABASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3.1 LIST OF AVAILABLE DATABASES . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3.2 HOW TO SELECT A PARTICULAR DATABASE . . . . .
HOW TO SELECT HEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HOW TO SELECT OTHER DATABASES . . . . . . . . .
ANOTHER EXAMPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3.3 WHAT ELSE COULD BE LEARNED ABOUT DATABASES?
SHOW SUBFILE DESCRIPTION
(SHC SUB DES, SHO SUBDES) . . . . . . . . . . .
SHOW SUBFILE SIZE (SHO SUB SIZ) . . . . . . . . . .
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