Limiting the search range

When you issue the FIND or CHANGE primary command, you can limit the range of the search by specifying either a range parameter or by means of the scope setting.

The following table shows the search range for each range parameter.


FIND or CHANGE range parameter	Search range
RECCURREC	All available segments within the current root record
NORECDBALLALLREC	All available segments within the database
CHILDDEP	All segments that are dependents of the segment at or closest to the cursor position
Not used	If scope setting is DB, all available segments within the database. If scope setting is REC, all available segments within the current root record.

There are two ways to change the scope setting:

Use the SCOPE primary command:
- To limit the search to within a database record, issue the command SCOPE REC.
- To allow the search across all database records, issue the command SCOPE DB.
Use the Set SCOPE REC, limiting segments to within a database record option on the Editor Options panel (0.5):
- To limit the search to within a database record, select this option.
- To allow the search across all database records, deselect this option.