Search

Full-text-search is done providing a query string. This query string contains keywords separated by whitespace. Keywords only consist of letters and digits, and are case insensitive. Punctuation characters, accents, etc., are ignored. So are a configurable set of stop words, common words that have little significance in full-text-search. If the keyword is prefixed with a +, it is required to exist. If it is prefixed by -, it is prohibited. No prefix means it is optional. Wildcards * are permitted in keywords. You can also use regular expressions by encapsulating it between / characters, such as /regex/. You can search for sequences of keywords by encapsulating them between apostrophes ' or quotes ".

Examples:

Kilroy was here.
+Kilroy was here.
+Kilroy was -not here.
+*roy was -not here.
+Kil* was -not here.
+K*y was -not here.
+/(Kil|Fitz)roy/ was -not here.
+/Kil(roy|ling)/ was -not here.
+/K.+y/ was -not here.
+'Kilroy was here'
'Kilroy was' here
Kilroy 'was here'

Note: The words was and here are used as examples only, to highlight syntax. They are typically considered stop words, and thus ignored in a real search.