Following is a summary of Verity query language syntax options, including alternative syntax and topics, that you can use to compose query expressions. These syntax options are available for simple and explicit queries.
Using Shorthand Notation
The Verity query language provides a few alternatives you can use to specify evidence operators. In the examples below, "word" represents the word to be located.
To specify a weight with a search term, enter the weight in brackets just before the search term, as shown below:
Using explicit syntax, you could enter a query expression with weights as follows:
The methods for searching for null or populated field values are indicated in the following table.