Searching database with regex

DEVONthink
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Sorry for asking so many questions lately :slight_smile: But always glad for the great help that is provided here

Please correct me if I am wrong but I thought you can search your database with the help of regex expression.
For instance if I want to search my database for files that contain a date in the format of xx.xx.xxxx I would use \d{2}.\d{2}.\d{4} as a search string
but as a result I receive documents where the char D is present which is then highlighted in yellow!?

Am I doing something wrong ?

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If you mean the search bar: no, that doesn’t support regular expressions. Which makes sense, because the search uses an index to be fast. And you can’t create an index for regular expressions.

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thanks for the information

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Try [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] instead.

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See Appendix > Search Operators in the built-in Help and manual

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great thanks

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You’re welcome.