ITunes 10 search for exact match or Boolean Searches

Is there a way to force an exact match when performing a search in iTunes?
I tried putting "" around my search and get no results.
The goal would be to search Artists for the artist "Hem", and only show results for only "Hem" and not both "Hem" and "Edie Brickel and the New Bohemians"
As far as I can tell there are no Boolean search options in here either.
iTunes 10.1 (54)

Mad.Macs wrote:
Thanks,
I know Smart Playlists is a workaround for this, but that is about that is about 6 clicks plus typing to accomplish what could be done by simply typing in "hem" in the search field. If you use Smart Playlists for this, you would also need to go back and delete the playlist when you are done.
Yep, like I said I leave it there for next time....
I wonder why they would leave what is now a universally understood search option out of iTunes?
Who knows? Feature requests go to iTunes Feedback.
tt2

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-- Create Table
CREATE TABLE Roomdescriptionmaster
ID long,
ROOMDESCRIPTION nvarchar2, --- max 1000 charaters
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INSERT INTO ROOMDESCRIPTION (ID, ROOMDESCRIPTION, Createddate ) VALUES (1, 'Double or Twin Room | FREE cancellation before Feb 1, 2014 PAY LATER All-Inclusive [ Included:10 % VAT] Meals:All meals and select beverages are included in the room rate.Cancellation:If canceled or modified up to 2 days before date of arrival,no fee will be charged.If canceled or modified later,100 percent of the first two nights will be charged.In case of no-show, the total price of the reservation will be charged. Prepayment:No deposit will be charged', sysdate)
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commit;
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v_rate_description IN NVARCHAR2,
v_include_1 IN NVARCHAR2,
v_include_2 IN NVARCHAR2,
v_include_3 IN NVARCHAR2,
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include_3_rec include_3_cur%rowtype;
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tmp_flag_int NUMBER;
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tmp_length_include_1 NUMBER;
tmp_length_include_2 NUMBER;
tmp_length_include_3 NUMBER;
tmp_length_exclude NUMBER;
tmp_regex_pattern VARCHAR2(1000);
flag_include_1_match INTEGER;
flag_include_2_match INTEGER;
flag_include_3_match INTEGER;
flag_exclude_match INTEGER;
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tmp_length_exclude := nvl(length(v_exclude),0);
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flag_include_2_match := 0;
flag_include_3_match := 0;
flag_exclude_match := 0;
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END IF;
ELSE
flag_include_2_match := 1;
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tmp_length := tmp_length_include_3;
IF tmp_length > 0 THEN
tmp_flag_int :=0;
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tmp_var := trim('' || include_3_rec.str);
tmp_regex_pattern := '[^[:alnum:]]'||tmp_var||'[^[:alnum:]]|^'||tmp_var||'$|^'||tmp_var||'[^[:alnum:]]|[^[:alnum:]]'||tmp_var||'$';
tmp_var_int := nvl(regexp_instr(v_rate_description,tmp_regex_pattern,1,1),0);
IF (tmp_var_int <> 0) THEN
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flag_include_3_match := 1;
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END IF;
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END IF;
ELSE
flag_include_3_match := 1;
END IF;
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tmp_length := tmp_length_exclude;
IF tmp_length > 0 and flag_include_3_match =1 THEN
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tmp_regex_pattern := '[^[:alnum:]]'||tmp_var||'[^[:alnum:]]|^'||tmp_var||'$|^'||tmp_var||'[^[:alnum:]]|[^[:alnum:]]'||tmp_var||'$';
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tmp_flag_int := -1;
return_str := '';
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END LOOP;
END IF;
ELSE
----------------------------------------------------- UTF 16 STARTED --------------
-----------------------------------------   INCLUDE 1
tmp_length := tmp_length_include_1;
IF tmp_length > 0 THEN
tmp_flag_int :=0;
FOR include_1_rec in include_1_cur
LOOP
tmp_var := trim('' || include_1_rec.str);
--dbms_output.put_line(tmp_var);
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IF (tmp_var_int <> 0) THEN
tmp_flag_int :=1;
flag_include_1_match := 1;
EXIT;
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ELSE
flag_include_1_match := 1;
END IF;
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tmp_length := tmp_length_include_2;
IF tmp_length > 0 THEN
    tmp_flag_int :=0;
IF flag_include_1_match =1 THEN
FOR include_2_rec in include_2_cur
LOOP
tmp_var := trim('' || include_2_rec.str);
tmp_var_int := nvl(INSTR(v_rate_description,tmp_var,1,1),0);
IF (tmp_var_int <> 0) THEN
tmp_flag_int :=1;
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END IF;
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flag_include_2_match := 1;
END IF;
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tmp_length := tmp_length_include_3;
IF tmp_length > 0 THEN
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I am wanting to exactly match two ID numbers from two differing worksheets within one work book. Once matched I am wanting to retrieve a row value from the second worksheet into the first. Any help much appreciated.

I am wanting to exactly match two ID numbers from two worksheets within the one work book. ID numbers are non linear. Once exactly matched I wish to retrieve a corresponding row value from worksheet two and have it appear in worksheet one against the correct ID number. I have been looking at IF, VLOOKUP, and MATCH functions and suspect that what I want to do requires a combination of two or more. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
regards Vaughanh

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Data A:D is all cells start at column A thru column D.
There is built-in help using the menu item "View > Show Function Browser" in the search field (top right) you can enter vlookup and you will see the detailed description.
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(search-for, columns-range, return-column, close-match)
search-for: The value to find. search-value can contain any value type.
columns-range: A range of cells. range is a reference to a single range of cells, which may contain values of any type.
return-column: A number that specifies the relative column number of the cell from which to return the value. return-column is a number value. The leftmost column in the range is column 1.
close-match: An optional value that determines whether an exact match is required.
close match (TRUE, 1, or omitted): If there’s no exact match, select the column with the largest top-row value that is less than the search value. Wildcards can’t be used in search-for.
exact match (FALSE or 0): If there’s no exact match, return an error. Wildcards can be used in search-for.
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Hi,
I'm running Oracle9i Database R2.
I would like to know how do I get exact match when working with Oracle Text.
DROP TABLE T_TEST_1;
CREATE TABLE T_TEST_1 (text VARCHAR2(30));
INSERT INTO T_TEST_1 VALUES('Management');
INSERT INTO T_TEST_1 VALUES('Busines Management Practice');
INSERT INTO T_TEST_1 VALUES('Human Resource Management');
COMMIT;
DROP INDEX T_TEST_1;
CREATE INDEX T_TEST_1_IDX ON T_TEST_1(text) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT;
SELECT * FROM T_TEST_1 WHERE CONTAINS(text, 'Management')>0;
The above query will return 3 rows. How do I make Oracle Text to return me only the first row - which is exact match because sometimes my users need to look for exact match term.
Please advise.
Regards,
Jap.

But I would like to utilize the Oracle Text index. Don't know your db version, but if you slightly redefine your index you can achieve this (at least on my 11g instance) :
SQL> create table t_test_1 (text varchar2(30))
2 /
Table created.
SQL> insert into t_test_1 values ('Management')
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t_test_1 values ('Busines Management Practice')
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t_test_1 values ('Human Resource Management')
2 /
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> create index t_test_1_idx on t_test_1(text) indextype is ctxsys.context filter by text
2 /
Index created.
SQL> set autotrace on explain
SQL>
SQL> select text, score (1)
2    from t_test_1
3   where contains (text, 'Management and sdata(text="Management")', 1) > 0
4 /
TEXT                             SCORE(1)
Management                              3
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 4163886076
| Id | Operation                   | Name         | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |              |     1 |    29 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| T_TEST_1     |     1 |    29 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   DOMAIN INDEX              | T_TEST_1_IDX |       |       |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("CTXSYS"."CONTAINS"("TEXT",'Management and
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Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statementJust read that you indeed mentioned your db version in your first post.
Not sure though if above method is already available in 9i ...
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michaels

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I am work on customisation of uwc. I have problem with calendar search. I am getting the result of substring matches. I want to have exact matches. I suppose that it is some kind of configuration of Sun Calendar Server. Could you give me please some advices?
Thank you

Hi,
jslezak wrote:
I am work on customisation of uwc. I have problem with calendar search. I am getting the result of substring matches. I want to have exact matches. I suppose that it is some kind of configuration of Sun Calendar Server. Could you give me please some advices?Which screen are you talking about precisely? Is this the calendar subscription search screen or the attendee search screen?
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Regards,
Shane.

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I can not store all my Music on my internal Macbook pro hard drive so I am storing it on a large external drive connected to my airport extreme (2 TB drive plugged into the USB port). I see the drive on my laptop and I can add and delete files no problem. How do I get Itunes to search for the music here with out trying to copy it to my laptop's hard drive? I don't have enough space to do that.

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Windows 7 seems to have options related to this, like 'use natural language' and 'find partial matches'. But I see nothing in windows 8.
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search that you want to do.
So, for example, you knew that you wanted to find name.txt only in file (or directory?) names so you would use the Other Properties > Name tool to be sure that your query had that prefix Name:name.txt
In fact, that was a surprise for me just now because I thought the default syntax for Name with no other specification would be "contains" (which would be Name:~=name.txt) but apparently it defaults to Name:~<name.txt which means
"begins with" name.txt. In fact, from an efficiency point of view that is probably a logical default. But from a usability point of view it is terrible because it means that when users really want Name:name.txt to mean either
"contains" or "ends with" they won't have a clue what to do to make those differences.
Ref:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Advanced-tips-for-searching-in-Windows
FYI
Robert Aldwinckle

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Hi,
I have one requirement where user want to returns extact match unless user explicitly specify % in the search column;
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plug in
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In the advanced search option it says to use quotes to make Reader search for an exact phrase or words. Well, when using quotes in the search box they are not delimiters of an exact phrase, they are part of the search. For example, as a sanity check I did a search on the eight characters quotation-p-l-u-g-i-n-quotation <"plugin">. That should match all occurrences of <plugin> because I enclosed it in quotation marks, right? The search for <"plugin"> produces one match - the single instance of <"Plugin"> in the entire document...so the quotes are part of the search, they don't delimit an exact phrase.
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thanks,
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Hi
we are using SharePoint 2010 with FAST search...
I'd like to be able to search for this exact string that contains parentheses... "(ABC)"
I thought it would be:
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I can't figure out how to get itunes to search my hard drive for music. Since all kinds of problems with installing new version (old one wiped out entirely) finally got it to open, (two months later) now there's almost no music. Two 50 cent albums, nothing else. None of the good stuff.
My stuff is still on windows media player (thank god for Microsoft). How do I get itunes to look for it and copy it to itunes? (Like the old version did!!!)
Thanks.

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I agree that it would be good to be able to search in the way that the older versions did.
Quoted from iTunes Help for Mac
Here are ways to make your songs appear in the library again:
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• If that doesn't work, your songs may be elsewhere on your hard disk. In the Finder, choose File > Find and search for a song by title or artist. Or search for "MP4" to find files downloaded from the iTunes Store or "MP3" to find songs encoded in MP3 format. Drag songs (or folders containing songs) to the iTunes window to add the songs to iTunes again.
Best of luck,
Martin
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