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Hi sorry I am writting from phone so dont have exact script I am using on me.

I am using script with html gui to find all selected tags containing either rating 1 or 2 in database.
I am stuck, not sure how to search for it correctly.

When search for
tagA AND tagB
I get all files in database containing "tagA and tagB". That part is good.

But when I search for
tagA AND tagB AND rating 1 OR 2
I expect to get files containing tagA and B with either rating 1 or 2
Insted i get all files containing rating 1 or 2 that contain tagA or tagB and all others that do not have them.

What would be correct syntax for that kind if combined search?
Any lead is appreciated.
Cheers

What exactly is "rating" in this case. Where does it come from?

Hi, thank you. I am sorry I was not too specific.

Rating can be any extra tags# variable.
I think I have "star ratings" set for ex1, showing in column "rating".

Ah thank you. I did not think of ( )...
I will try this once home.
Cheers

I could not get your example with () working.
My xyplorer version is 20.10

What does work for me is this
goto "*?:ex1:2 AND tags:tagA,tagB /t";

It finds all files containing tag A and B that have two stars only.

I tried and failed:
ex1:2|3
ex1:2;3
(ex1:2 OR 3)
2 | 3 /fld=rating

Do I need to upgrade xyplorer to get () working?
Cheers

This does work (currrent beta):
goto "*?:ex1:(1 | 2) AND tags:(tagA & tagB)";
goto "*?:ex1:(1 | 2) AND tags:(tagA,tagB)";

why the above doesn't work with a trailing " /t"? No clue...

Thank you.
Your example works perfectly on its own.

I have a question for "NOT tags"

On my form besides tags and stars I have paths, comment, label, and maybe other custom fields and "not contains" inputs.

Prevously with path example I used simply path:*\\some\\path*
With your example I have to make it like path:(*\\some\\path*) otherwise starts scanning whole computer.

This is what I have that works for me
goto "*?:ext1:(1 | 2) AND lbl:(Orange | Blue) AND tags:(tagA,tagB) AND cmt:(something) AND path:(*some\\path\\string*);

Now Blue label has "tagC" I want to filter out but any variation of "NOT" I tried either fails or sets off the whole drive search.

Would help show me the right way to do tags:(!tagC) please?

Cheers

note:
I dont know why but some examples from help file did not work for me either.
Like the one with ?*.txt & (cont:rock | punk)

Would help show me the right way to do tags:(!tagC) please?

Sorry but I don't have that much time to prepare scenarios with a dozen "extra columns|tag|label|path" combinations to find out if a search works correctly.

Apart from that I don't even understand what "Now Blue label has "tagC" I want to filter out" means. A blue label is a label, how can this have a tag at all?...

If you want help on this than create a script that sets up a test environment by labeling, tagging, set rating, etc. for files that the script creates for this purpose on a user definable path

Like the one with ?*.txt & (cont:rock | punk)

I don't know, didn't test them. Maybe it's just a bug that they don't work?

No worries, thank you. You helped a lot already. Showed me different ways.

Forget about my earlier post.
Go back to your original example with
Tags:(tagA, tagB) ... how would you (or anyone that reads else) add NOT tags option with it?

Again thanks and dont worry about it if you dont have time.
Cheers

goto "*?:ex1:(2 | 3) AND tags:(tagA & tagB & !tagC)";

Setup:
- 2 files
- Both have a rating of 3
- First file has tagA,tagB
- Second file has all three tags

Using the goto above leads to: Only the first file is found

Although, without /t, it searches all files and folders...

I really appreciate your help.

With what you have given me is great but breaks my existing script.
So once I figure out how to do it properly using the examples you have given me and make it work and I am happy with it I would be glad to post it for all here as I feel (in my case) it is very useful.

An example what I am after when searching database only using all these :
Find me tagged with all "drawing" AND "sketch" but NOT "ink" AND comment contains "personal"
Should have either 1 or 2 stars and either "print" or "publish" label
Search in path "my\\work"

I think this is good enough.
I will play with it some more.
Cheers