Hi Susan, if looking for *exact match*, what about: select textid, text from text_table where text = 'Lethal Weapon'; regards Jaromir D.B. Nemec ----- Original Message ----- From: "susan lam" <susanzlam@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: RE: OracleText: Search for exact string match > It returned the exact match I was looking for. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------