摘要 |
<p>We describe a method of searching data in a data file in a storage device connected to a computer, the method comprising: maintaining the data file in a first database in the storage device, wherein the data file comprises at least one text entry, each text entry comprising an alphabetical word and at least one character; storing a copy of only the alphabetical word of each text entry in a second database in the storage device; associating a unique reference code with the copy of the alphabetical word of each text entry in the second database; creating a record of the associated unique reference code in the first database; associating the record of the associated unique reference code in the first database with the corresponding text entry of the data file maintained in the first database; and performing search of a search string entered by a user by using the copy of the alphabetical word of each text entry in the second database and by using the associated unique reference code in the second database and the record of the associated unique reference code in the first database to identify results of the search of the search string.</p> |