Re: wo search help
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texte = Thanks for all the help guys - I've been on a plane so I missed part of the discussion but thanks for verifying that I havn't gone totally crazy on this issue.I guess we'll sit and wait to see if SM/PCS responds to this. Its really too bad cuz using wo and value lists are so handy.SM/PCS: anybody listening?>>No it was just left at that. I was deeply embroiled in this and was >>disappointed to learn that webDNA also uses the default word breaks in >>addition to our assigned codes. Which for the novice is good but if your >>looking to truly utilize the wbrk function its a bust. >> >>I classify it a bug. If not its existance really limits the capabilities of >>wbrk. > > >Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I thought. > >Novices don't use wbrk anyways, they use the default settings, so I don't >see why SM doesn't just fix this once and for all -- to make it useful to >those of us who actually need it. > >And how long ago was this issue brought to SM's attention? Wasn't it more >than a year ago, like the NT listfiles bug that you *also* told them about >more than a year ago? > >This kind of oversight, with no effort to fix the problem, seems par for >the course. It's just plain foolish to be able to add more wbrk characters >without also being able to get rid of the default characters at the same >time -- thus we cannot perform a very common type of search because the >software simply does not support it. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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Thanks for all the help guys - I've been on a plane so I missed part of the discussion but thanks for verifying that I havn't gone totally crazy on this issue.I guess we'll sit and wait to see if SM/PCS responds to this. Its really too bad cuz using wo and value lists are so handy.SM/PCS: anybody listening?>>No it was just left at that. I was deeply embroiled in this and was >>disappointed to learn that webDNA also uses the default word breaks in >>addition to our assigned codes. Which for the novice is good but if your >>looking to truly utilize the wbrk function its a bust. >> >>I classify it a bug. If not its existance really limits the capabilities of >>wbrk. > > >Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I thought. > >Novices don't use wbrk anyways, they use the default settings, so I don't >see why SM doesn't just fix this once and for all -- to make it useful to >those of us who actually need it. > >And how long ago was this issue brought to SM's attention? Wasn't it more >than a year ago, like the NT listfiles bug that you *also* told them about >more than a year ago? > >This kind of oversight, with no effort to fix the problem, seems par for >the course. It's just plain foolish to be able to add more wbrk characters >without also being able to get rid of the default characters at the same >time -- thus we cannot perform a very common type of search because the >software simply does not support it. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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