Search Tips

Key word search

You can search for one or more words or phrases.

Wildcard Searching

Do not use wild cards in your searches.  The search engine automatically uses a wild card at the end of each word in a search.  For example the search for dev will find the words dev, developer, development, etc.  For  performance reasons, wild cards at the beginning of words are not allowed.  If you want to avoid the use of the the wild card at the end of the word, use "" arond the search word.  For example "developer"  will find only developer.

Use of double quote

Use the double quote "" around words to search for exact phrases or words. For example "sql server" will only find the phrase "sql server".

Do not use punctuation  in searches

Do not use the following punctuation: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + = { [ } ] | : ; < > . ? / ' ,.

The use of any of these punctuations will generate an error.

Speed up your searching

The following are recommendations that can be used to speed up your search procedures.

• Narrow your Search

  A smaller report will render faster in the browser.

• Search with a Product Number

  It is easier to find information when you have a valid Product Part Number ready.

Character limitation

Text search is limited to 255 characters.