X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4EC71FEED06 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:44:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51381-10 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:44:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from flake.decibel.org (flake.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9581FEECCA for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:44:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: by flake.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 766CC1529C; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:44:05 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:44:05 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Robert Treat Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Search bug Message-ID: <20050821164405.GJ95876@pervasive.com> References: <20050817224242.GP95876@pervasive.com> <200508211120.14267.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508211120.14267.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p10 i386 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200508/18 X-Sequence-Number: 3180 Guess we need an 'advanced search' or 'search help' link... On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 11:20:13AM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 18:42, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > I know this might be more www than docs, but I'm not on that list... > > > > It appears that the search box uses % and _ as wildcards. This is fine > > (though we should make mention of it since people are probably more used > > to * and ? in search boxes, even if they are DBAs), but the problem is > > it doesn't seem to allow escaping them. For example, search on > > 'pg_stat_activity current_query'. > > Try searching "pg_stat_activity" "current_query" instead. > > -- > Robert Treat > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com 512-569-9461