Johan, Try N'kort/zoran-đinđić' instead. I suspect some datatype coercion that works against you. HTH S Faroult > I get 'kort/zoran-đinđić' as an row, but when running > > select * from tab1 where col1 = 'kort/zoran-đinđić' > > I get no rows back. > > Both col1 and col2 is nvarchar2 > > Any suggestions? > > /johan > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l