# Exceptions, certain terms

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exceptions-certain-terms/167659>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [May 11, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exceptions-certain-terms/167659 "2009-05-11T09:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![davedave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@davedave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davedave)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exceptions-certain-terms/167659/1 "2009-05-11T09:03:03Z")

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hello.

I’ve got a music database, and a few artist names are causing me grief  
because they are ignored by ferret/AAF. These are “The The” and “!!!”

How can I set up my index to _not_ ignore these values, and to index  
them? Also, should they manage to be indexed, will they then  
automatically become searchable?

thanks in advance

jp