Managing Search Results Summary
In Lessons 3 and 4 we reviewed the basic commands necessary to conduct a Dialog search and viewed a search from beginning to end. Here is a summary of the basic commands we just learned.
| Command | Example | When to Use It |
|---|---|---|
| BEGIN B | begin 155 b 155 b 155,72 current b medicine |
Use BEGIN
with a file number to specify the database(s) to be searched. Use CURRENT to restrict a search to the current year plus previous year in the database specified. |
| SELECT S | select immun? s telecommut? s immun? s cancer? or carcinoma? s s1 and s2 |
Use SELECT to create a set of records (e.g., s1) that contains the specified terms. |
| DISPLAY SETS DS |
display sets ds |
Use DISPLAY SETS to display a list of all sets created since the last BEGIN command. |
| TYPE T | type s1/free/1-3 t s2/short/1 t s3/medium/1,2 |
Use TYPE to display search results in a specified format. |
| LOGOFF | logoff | Use LOGOFF to end the search and disconnect from the Dialog system. |
If you have finished the practice exercises online using the ONTAP databases, you are ready to go on to Lesson 5 where we will look at Refining a Search using Dialog documentation.
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