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The LIMITALL Command and Dialog NewsRoom

The Search Tip titled "Searching by Document Type in Dialog NewsRoom" on page 9 of the May/June issue has generated some questions. Here is a more complete explanation of using the LIMITALL command with document types.

SELECT the document type (DT=) you want to use. Then enter LALL/S1, which will invoke the LIMITALL command. You cannot LIMITALL using just the document type (e.g., LALL/NEWSPAPER).

Note: The LIMITALL command may take some time to process depending on the number of records in the SET that you will be using in your LIMITALL command.

The following search is an example of the LIMITALL in NewsRoom on Dialog.

?B 990
 
File 990:NewsRoom Current  2003/Jun 18
       (c) 2003 The Dialog Corp.
 
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?S DT=NEWSPAPER?
      S1 2775982  DT=NEWSPAPER? 
?S ENRON/CO
      S2    4050  ENRON/CO 
?S S1 AND S2
         2775982  S1 
            4050  S2 
      S3    1943  S1 AND S2

The same 1,943 records are returned as in the first search if the LIMITALL is started and then the search for the Company Name is entered.

?LALL/S1
LIMITALL started

?S ENRON/CO
      S4    1943  ENRON/CO

Stacie Thomas,
NewsRoom Specialist, USA

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