>>I've had this happen in a number of searches lately, but just thought it was due to my ignorance of the search criteria. I'll put in a specific phrase that I know exists and it will return no results (or, actually all of the files). I would prefer checkboxes and one textbox so I can tell it in what areas to search (using an "OR" boolean logic). That way if I were to select "All" it would find any file where the phrase occured anywhere in the information. The way it is now it seems that I need to know where the phrase exists in order to find it.
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>As it is widely use on the entire site, the default operator =, on non memo fields, is to search on every field that starts with the search string. When someone want to start within the string, the $ operator could be used.

Michel,

Thanks, but that did not address the real point of my post which was the inability to search all the fields at the same time with the same phrase. For example, before I search I have no idea whether "Gotcha" is in the Title, Summary or Description fields. If it's not found in one I have to search again in the other. This is a valid example, by the way. Put "Gotcha" into the Summary and you will get results. Put it in only in the Description and you will not. Put it in both the Summary and the Description and you still will not get results although the phrase does exist in the Summary field.

Just a boolean thing. Plus, eveyone else may like it just the way it currently works...

Renoir