IBExpert Search function
Search the IBExpert site
When searching for a documentation article, begin your search with doc/. When searching for information on our website, begin the search with main/. A search for more than one word will find pages that contain all of the words. Use quotation marks to search for a phrase. Also use quotes for text with punctuation or special characters. Further search options can be found below.
Searches can be restricted based on page names (name=
), backlinks (link=
), groups (group=
) and other criteria (e.g. list=normal
, fmt
, list
, order
, trail
) and capped at a maximum number (count=
). Name=
and group=
parameters can contain wildcard characters that display only pages matching a given pattern: an asterisk (*) represents zero or more characters and a question mark (?) represents exactly one character.
Search examples
Enter | To find pages containing |
IBExpert Firebird | both 'IBExpert' and 'Firebird' |
"IBExpert Firebird" | the phrase 'IBExpert Firebird' |
Doc/IBExpert | 'IBExpert' in the Doc group |
"Doc/IBExpert" | the phrase 'Doc/IBExpert' in all groups |
IBExpert -Firebird | 'IBExpert', omitting those containing 'Firebird' |
IBExpert -"Firebird InterBase" | 'IBExpert', omitting those containing 'Firebird InterBase' |
IBExpert "-Firebird" | the words 'IBExpert' and '-Firebird' |
IBExpert - Firebird | 'IBExpert', '-', and 'Firebird' |
"Firebird:" | the word 'Firebird' with a colon |
"IBExpert is fantastic" | the phrase 'IBExpert is fantastic' |
name=ibec* | all pages beginning with the name 'ibec' |
name=ibec*Compare* | all pages beginning with the name 'ibec' and containing the keyword 'Compare' |
Some special characters need to be enclosed in quotes, including the colon (:), equals sign (=), single quote (') and double quote (").