Wouldn't OracleText (now included with EE license) work? The setup is still a but tricky and try to find resources for creating a = stoplist, but it works great for us. I'm not sure about LONG support, = but it will work with CLOBS. Just wondering... Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:54 PM To: 'dba.orcl@xxxxxxxxx'; Oracle Discussion List Subject: RE: How to search on LONG datatype column Try "CONTAINS". You will need to install intermedia, create preferences and index those LONG columns. Oracle*Intermedia is not free software, it has to be purchased. If you don't want to purchase Intermedia, you = can convert LONG columns into BFILE and use egrep or perl. Good luck with = that. -- Mladen Gogala A & E TV Network Ext. 1216 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sami Seerangan [mailto:dba.orcl@xxxxxxxxx]=20 > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:42 PM > To: Oracle Discussion List > Subject: How to search on LONG datatype column >=20 >=20 > Hi All, >=20 > I want to search something based on search_condition. Since=20 > search_condition column is LONG data type I could not use=20 > "like" or "=3D" operator. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l