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    1. [RW-Help] TIP: Board Search Case
    2. singhals
    3. I tried a few sample searches *without* logging in, and I printed them off. In the following, the letter eye is represented by a one to prevent this from showing up as a "hit" for these names. Surname is Gre1tzner. Searched all boards (global search) using (1) all lower case; (2) mixed case; and (3) all CAPS. (1) got 4 hits, 3 from me; (2) got 3 hits (all mine) and (3) and 3 hits (all mine). 2nd Surname is Harm1son. Searched all boards (global search) using (1) all lower case; (2) mixed case; and (3) all CAPS. (1) got 130 hits; (2) got 103 hits; (3) got 43 hits. *EVERY* post reported in (2) and (3) was included in (1). (I considered it a match if and ONLY if: boards > chain was identical; message title was identical; poster was identical; date was identical.) Recommendation: do the all lower case search. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

    06/28/2001 01:53:00