FTSearch containing / and -

Hi!

I’m trying to do an ftsearch in several databases and present it on a web-page. The search works fine, but now the users want to be able to include characters like / and - in their search queries.

If they search for “Holiday” they get loads of hits, including a documents that includes the phrase “Holiday/Hobby” and other Holiday/[foo] hits.

However, if they search for the expression “Holiday/”, the search comes up empty. I’ve searched in the help file and on this forum, but I can’t find anything telling me that having an / at the end of the expressions should make a query illegal.

The expression “Holiday/H*” works, but the expression “Holiday/*” doesn’t.

In addition I just can’t get any expressions involving an - to work.

Any help or hints would be appreciated.

Subject: FTSearch containing / and -

Adding quotes around a search expression changes its functionality. “Holiday/” vs. Holiday/ seems to work the way you intend (try it in here!).