The Forums archive search allows you to search through past forum posts by keyword and/or date posted.
The keyword search will perform a case insensitive search through the body of each message for your keyword phrase. The +, |, -, and ~ operators can be used to do more advanced searches. A few examples have been listed below:
| Search Phrase |
Returns |
| Water Distribution |
All messages containing both "water" and "distribution" |
| "water distribution" |
All messages containing the phrase "water distribution" |
| water + distribution |
All messages containing both "water" and "distribution" |
| water | distribution |
All messages containing the word "water" or the word "distribution" |
| water - distribution |
All the messages containing the word "water" but not the word "distribution" |
| water ~ distribution |
All the messages where the word "distribution" appears near the word "water" |
| "water*" |
All the messages containing a word that starts with the characters "water"
Warning: This sort of search will take more time than the others. |
Operators can be used in combination for very specific searches. For example, a search for
water + quality | "trace analysis"
will return all records containing both "water" and "quality" or the phrase "trace analysis".
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