About Query and Record Management Functions

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About Query and Record Management Functions

The following table describes the Concordance query and record management functions.

Function

Description

accession

Retrieves the records accession number.

append

Appends a record to the data base.

blank

Clears a record, used to append empty records.

concat

Concatenates data bases.

concatclear

Clears concatenated data bases.

count

Number of documents located by last search.

delete

Marks current document for deletion in the next pack.

deleted

Determines if document is marked for deletion.

docno

Returns the record's document number.

edited

Determines if document was edited since last indexed.

exec

Executes a saved query file.

first

Reads the first document in the current query.

fuzzy

Locates a list of fuzzy matches for a word.

getuuid

Retrieves the record’s UUID.

goto

Reads a requested document in the current query.

gotoaccession

Locates and reads the document the matches the accession number.

gotophysical

Locates the physical document number in the query.

gotouuid

Goes to a record by universal unique identifier.

hits

The number of search terms located in active query.

isdeleted

Determines if document is marked for deletion.

isedited

Determines if document was edited since last indexed.

isnexthit

Determines if there is another hit in the current document.

istagged

Determines if a document is tagged.

keep

Saves the current queries to file.

last

Retrieves the last document in the current query.

lockdoc

Prevents other users from editing the document.

locked

Determines if the document is locked.

markhits

Returns record's data, with search hits marked.

next

Retrieves the next document in the current query.

nexthit

Retrieves information on the next hit in the query.

prev

Retrieves the previous document in the current query.

prevhit

Retrieves information on the previous hit in the query.

query

Loads the requested query, and the search logic.

queryString

Retrieves the query string.

readdoc

Retrieves the requested document, regardless of query.

recall

Undeletes a document.

recno

Returns the document's record number.

reset

Returns data base document to prior state.

set

Changes data base environmental variables.

sort

Sorts the list of documents in the current query.

tag

Tags a document.

tagquery

Converts tagged documents into a query.

unlockdoc

Releases a locked document.