When I tried to search for a recording I entered her name , no result,when I put in O Brien it came up. can any one explain why it didn't pick up the apostrophe version?
I did a search for "Michelle" - 2 came up, and she was one of them. As I said before, it's usually best to keep your searches simple, especially if there are apostrophes involved.
Similarly, searching for Brien will find Michelle but will also return dozens of other O'Briens, with and without apostrophes. When searching we have to recognise that computers are looking for literal matches of groups of characters and sometimes adapt our criteria to cover most possibilities.
Non-alphanumeric characters can cause problems in searches, depending on how the search is implemented. Backslashes, single and double quotes, question marks, asterixen, all have special meanings in some context or another in some computer format or other, and since user interfaces are usually designed to hide the underlying mechanics, you can't always tell which characters you have to be careful of.
Michelle O'Brien
Michelle O'Brien
When I tried to search for a recording I entered her name , no result,when I put in O Brien it came up. can any one explain why it didn't pick up the apostrophe version?
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by Michael Sam Wild
Re: Michelle O'Brien
Simples. The person who posted the album here didn't include the apostrophe in Michelle's surname when he listed it. Have it out with him or her!
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by MacCruiskeen
Re: Michelle O'Brien
I did a search for "Michelle" - 2 came up, and she was one of them. As I said before, it's usually best to keep your searches simple, especially if there are apostrophes involved.
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by Kenny
Re: Michelle O'Brien
Similarly, searching for Brien will find Michelle but will also return dozens of other O'Briens, with and without apostrophes. When searching we have to recognise that computers are looking for literal matches of groups of characters and sometimes adapt our criteria to cover most possibilities.
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by All Moldy
Re: Michelle O'Brien
You can also try Michelle O'Brien in a search on thesession homepage. The top of the list has one of her recordings.
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by Ben Steen
Re: Michelle O'Brien
Non-alphanumeric characters can cause problems in searches, depending on how the search is implemented. Backslashes, single and double quotes, question marks, asterixen, all have special meanings in some context or another in some computer format or other, and since user interfaces are usually designed to hide the underlying mechanics, you can't always tell which characters you have to be careful of.
# Posted on October 5th 2009 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: Michelle O'Brien
Thanks for all the suggestions I need all the help I can get at my age!
# Posted on October 5th 2009 by Michael Sam Wild