MULTI.VALUE, MULTIVALUED

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The MULTI.VALUE keyword is a field qualifier that forces the field to be processed as a multi-valued item. The synonym MULTIVALUED can be used.

 

 

Format

 

field MULTI.VALUE

 

where

 

fieldis the field or expression which is to be treated as multi-valued.

 

 

The query processor verbs normally use the dictionary to determine whether a field should be treated as single or multi-valued. The MULTI.VALUE field qualifier forces the field to be processed as a multi-valued item regardless of the dictionary definition. It is normally only used with an EVAL expression.

 

 

See also:

SINGLE.VALUE