|
Entry |
Explanation |
| Find
by ID |
To
find CodeCentral submissions by ID, you can enter in a single
CodeCentral ID, or multiple IDs separated by commas. If you specify a
value for this field in the search form, all other values entered into the
search form will be ignored. |
| Product |
All
entries are submitted for a specific product. If you want to search
for only that product, you can select it from the search list. If you want
to search all products, press the "All" button to select all products.". |
| Version |
All
entries are submitted for a range of versions. If you want to
search for only one version of the product, enter it as both the low and
high value for the version. If you want to search for a range of versions,
enter the low value as the low version and the high value as the high
version, and all submissions that fall between those two versions will
appear in your search results. |
| Keywords |
The keywords
for every submission are determined by extracting the unique "words" from
the title and description of the entry. These "words" can be alphanumeric,
since this is a technical database. You can require words in your search
by using a plus (+) sign in front of the word. You can exclude entries
containing specific words in your search by using a minus (-) sign in
front of the word. The or (|) sign is optional, indicating words that may
appear in the search but are not required.
Wildcards are also supported for searching. The asterisk
(*) is the wildcard for one or more characters in the pattern match. The
question mark (?) is the wildcard for a single character.
The following table provides some examples. Keyword
matching is case-insensitive.
|
Keywords |
Search Criteria |
| +Linux +Database |
Only give me submissions that have both
"Linux" and "Database" in their keyword list |
| +OpenGL -raster* |
Only give me submissions that have "OpenGL"
and don't have anything beginning with "raster". |
| COM DCOM ActiveX |
Give me submissions that have "COM", "DCOM" or
"ActiveX" as keywords. |
| +CORBA +Java |
Give me submissions that have both "CORBA" and
"Java" |
| +graph* -bitmap -metafile |
Give me anything that begins with "graph" but
doesn't have "bitmap" or "metafile" |
|
| Category |
All
entries are submitted for a specific category. If you want to
search for only that Category, you can select it from the search list. |
| Submitter |
All
entries are submitted by a specific CodeCentral user. If you want
to search for entries uploaded by a specific person, you can enter their
name or email address in this field. You can enter
- first name followed by last name (like "Frank
Borland")
- last name, first name (like "Borland, Frank")
- email address (like "fborland@borland.com")
CodeCentral will attempt to match the value you put in this field
with a CodeCentral user, and give you only submissions uploaded by that
user. |
| Copyright |
All
entries have a default copyright status when they are submitted. If
you want to search entries with a specific kind of Copyright, you can
select it from the search list. If you want to search all Copyrights,
leave this field at the default search value of "Any copyright (for
searching)". |
| Updated |
Whenever
an entry is uploaded or modified, it is stamped with the current
date. You can use this option to search for entries submitted or updated
between a specific range of dates. Leaving it at the default values will
find everything up to today's date (the date on the CodeCentral server). |
| Show |
This
option allows you to specify the maximum number of entries for
CodeCentral to return to you. Because there are many entries in the
database, result sets could get very large and take a long time to
download. If you specify a minimum value, the server will tell you when
there are more entries than you want to retrieve. |
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