9. A computer implemented method of executing a search query including a search query operator associated with at least one search data element, on a database comprising a plurality of documents, each document having a document number, the method comprising: receiving an input including a first document number, and a first document score; identifying a document having a second document number greater than the first document number and a non-zero second document score as a function of the search query operator and the at least one search data element; setting the first document number to the second document number; and setting the first document score to the second document score.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of identifying further comprises the steps of: identifying a document having a second document number greater than the first document number; determining if the document has a non-zero document score.