question about search syntax

[igoldsmid]

Hi

I am trying to create a search that filters for:

any item with Task Priority attribute marked High
and/but without any reminders set.

Problem is that I've created all my tasks, and the template task to already have the reminder attributes available. The only search operator that would on the surface appear logical would be to say where reminder does not exist, or begin date does not exist - but even when no reminder is set, the actual attribute fields exist on every task. So really what would appear to be needed is a search operator someting like:

begin date is NOT equal or greater than <specified date> - which could be set to a date in the past.

??

Thanks, IJG