> Does not work: > where contains (title,) > where contains (title,) Text indexes whole words. So we would not expect '5:1254C' to match '05:1254C'. However, it seems reasonable to expect '%05:1254C' to match string, and in my 11g instance it does (score label 20).... SQL> select title 2 , score(10) as sc_10 3 , score(20) as sc_20 4 , score(30) as sc_30 5 , score(40) as sc_40 6 , score(50) as sc_50 7 , score(60) as sc_60 8 , score(70) as sc_70 9 from a 10 where contains (title,'5:1254C', 10) >= 0 11 or contains (title,'%05:1254C', 20) >= 0 12 or contains (title,'%5:1254C',30) >= 0 13 or contains (title,'05:1254C%',40) >= 0 14 or contains (title,'%05:1254C%',50) >= 0 15 or contains (title,'%5:1254C%',60) >= 0 16 or contains (title,'05:1254C', 70) >= 0 17 order by id 18 / TITLE SC_10 SC_20 SC_30 SC_40 SC_50 SC_60 SC_70 ------------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 5:1254C 5 0 4 0 0 4 0 A 5:1254C H 5 0 4 0 0 4 0 A 05:1254C H 0 4 4 5 4 4 5 A 45:1254C H 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 05:1254C 0 4 4 5 4 4 5 15:1254C 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 45:1254C 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 05:1254CF 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 5:1254CF 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 45:1254CF 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 105:1254C 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 105:1254CF 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 12 rows selected. SQL> Cheers, APC Please help Logica to respect the environment by not printing this email / Merci d'aider Logica à préserver l'environnement en évitant d'imprimer ce mail / Bitte drucken Sie diese Nachricht nicht aus und helfen Sie so Logica dabei die Umwelt zu schuetzen / Por favor ajude a Logica a respeitar o ambiente não imprimindo este correio electrónico. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l