I'm confused by the title of the thread. In the wiki it states that the equal sign is ignored, so that:
~d=b is equivalent to ~db
so what does ~db=b mean? ~dbb?? Or is ~db= and ~d= equivalent?
Sorry, I meant to reply earlier...
The modifier
~d (is the verb that) precedes one or more MC database (noun) choices. The next
= is
optional (an adjective!). As you noted,
~d=b is equivalent to
~db. The thread's Subject of
~db=b would be technically incorrect since everything after
~d or
~d= should be database selectors. MC, being a forgiving ol' sport, ignores junk selectors such as the specious
= database and the subsequently redundant
b database.
Clear? :-)
btw. I'm almost done entirely rewriting that beast of a wiki-page, the Smartlist and Search - Rules and Modifiers. I'm liking it.