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I am trying to use the search parameter to filter an events calendar.

My problem is I want to exclude one item but include another.  So, for example I want to do something like:

search:calendar_tags="not academic calendar" search:calendar_tags="prospective students"

But, according to EE documentation I am not permitted to run search: on the same field.

Thanks.

I am running 1.7.0, build 20101018.

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Is your usecase the same as the pickles and shoes scenario?

search:body=“not pickles&&shoes;”

This example would return all entries that do not contain both the term “pickles” and the term “shoes”. It would still display entries that contain the word “pickles”, so long as the custom field did not also contain the word “shoes”.

Is your usecase the same as the pickles and shoes scenario?

search:body=“not pickles&&shoes;”

This example would return all entries that do not contain both the term “pickles” and the term “shoes”. It would still display entries that contain the word “pickles”, so long as the custom field did not also contain the word “shoes”.

Hmm.  No, I don’t think so. But, after re-reading that phrase over and over- I am not certain.

The results I desire do NOT contain the tag of “academic calendar” but DO include the tag “prospective students”.

If I am reading the example provided above, I wouldn’t get results that contain “prospective students”.

...Right?  😉

Hi Ben,

This is a good candidate for the query module since it goes a little beyond what the search parameter supports. Does that help?