Search pulls up files that are in "Not equals"

[Shadewalker]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1waFwqZIbmBratT_5wPGkYOAWA2PngsYR

 

Curious....search error or a bug? I have had it happen here and there with different formats.

 

(I don't wish to see this file format show up in search, yet here it is in my search anyway.)

 

Anyone seen this? Figured out a work around if it isn't a bug?

[Uwe]

Hello,

from my point of view it seems to be a bug. BUT how did you use the option "not equal" for "Keywords"? I don't have this option in build 1736. What build do you use?

Regards, Uwe

[lintujuh]

Hi,

 

I think you have an error in the search. You have "not equal WAV OR not equal MP3". WAV is not MP3 so it matches the second part of condition and vice versa. The condition is true for all media types. You should change OR to AND to get the wanted results.

 

Juha

[Uwe]

Hi,

but the combination between all three "block" is AND. Only the operator inside the "block" of the media format is OR.

I guess it should be: x = (lat AND long) AND (wav OR mp3) AND (keyword)

Regards, Uwe

[lintujuh]

Hi

 

The problem is that in the media type it's (not WAV or not MP3) and here the condition "or" doesn't work. It returns always true as you can see from the truth table below.

 

WAV: FALSE or TRUE = TRUE

MP3: TRUE or FALSE = TRUE

XYZ: TRUE or TRUE = TRUE

 

Your statement would be correct, if the intention would be return only WAV and MP3 items, but the purpose is the return all except WAV and MP3.

 

Juha

[Uwe]

Hi Juha,

you are right, he has to change OR to AND in the media format to exclude both formats from the search.

Regards, Uwe

[Shadewalker]

Yep, that AND/OR can throw curveballs. Thank you for the assist.

 

Uwe...to get the Not Equals, I go to tags, type in the word I am not wanting to search for, look thru the choices Daminion gives back, and hold the ALT key down while double clicking on any choices I do not want to see in searches.

I am on build 1725.