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Using explicit queries

In an explicit query, the Verity search engine literally interprets your search terms. The following are two ways to perform an explicit query:

On a search form, use quotation marks around your search term(s).
In CFML, use type="explicit" in the cfsearch tag.

When you put a search term in quotation marks Verity does not use the STEM operator. For example, a search for "instructional"--enclosed in quotation marks, as shown in Preventing stemming--does not return files that contain instruct, instructs, instructions, and so on (unless the files also contain instructional).

When you specify type="explicit" the search expression must be a valid Verity Query Language expression. As a result, an individual search term must be in explicit quotation marks. The following table shows valid and invalid criteria.

Attribute	Effect
criteria="government"	Generates an error
criteria="'government'" or criteria='"government"'	Finds only government
criteria="<WORD>government"	Finds only government
criteria="<STEM>government"	Finds government, governments, and governmenta
criteria="<MANY><STEM>government"	Finds government, governments, and governmental ranked by relevance
criteria="<WILDCARD>governmen*"	Finds government, governments, and governmental


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