Hi, FYI. I've done some followup research to build a search tool for this function. At this point here is some additional news. You can add some basic functionality to Graeme's suggestion, immediately. You need Acrobat/Reader 6.0.x or above to perform *cool searches*. Unfortunately, all xNIX flavors are still on verion 5.x, so *cool searches* are limited to the windows platform right now. The *cool searches* are defined as: You can pass _ONE_ command line search term to acrobat/reader when opening the file and you will get a very nice hit list for that term in a side panel. The syntax is: Acrord32 /A search=Oracle C:\clinical\B10330_01.pdf The command line technique is limited to _ONE_search term with no white space (yes I tried to find workaround, :-( ). But, since its windows there are more acrobat/reader API's and techniques to do *even cooler searches*. The *even cooler searches* require more programming work. These are defined as multi-word, AND/OR/etc, match case, etc types just like Tahiti. More on this later, as promised. That's all. Great idea Graeme! Regards, Mike Thomas --- Wolfson Larry - lwolfs <lawrence.wolfson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Graeme, > Very interesting! Is there a way to get > this on > http://www.orafaq.com? > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Graeme Farmer > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 6:59 PM > To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: SQL Language Quick Reference > > > Something that grew out of a desire to play with > Oracle Text, I created > context indexes in Oracle which have indexed all the > Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g pdfs > and a host of whitepapers as well and searching > across all Oracle > documentation is as simple as running a basic > query!! The results are > returned immediately and ranked according to the > number of references found. > > Very helpful when you know what you're looking for > but not sure which doc > it's in. > > All that's required is > > Install Oracle Text schema > > CREATE DIRECTORY orapdf AS '<path to docs>'; > > BEGIN > > ctx_ddl.create_preference('ORAPDF','FILE_DATASTORE'); > ctx_ddl.set_attribute('ORAPDF','PATH',''); > END; > / > > drop table orapdf; > create table orapdf (docid number, pdf > varchar2(255)); > > insert into orapdf values > (1,'/docs/oracle/9.2.1/concepts.pdf'); > insert into orapdf values > (2,'/docs/oracle/9.2.1/admin_guide.pdf'); > insert into orapdf values > (3,'/docs/oracle/9.2.1/admin_guide_unix.pdf'); > insert into orapdf values > (4,'/docs/oracle/9.2.1/admin_guide_win32.pdf'); > ... > ... > commit; > > create index orapdf_idx01 on orapdf (pdf) > indextype is ctxsys.context > parameters ('datastore ctxsys.file_datastore filter > ctxsys.inso_filter') > / > > and then a simple query like: > > column document format a100 > column version format a12 > select > score(1) rank, > > substr(pdf,instr(pdf,'/',1,3)+1,instr(pdf,'/',1,4)-instr(pdf,'/',1,3)-1) > version, > 'acroread' reader, > pdf document > from gfarmer.orapdf > where contains(pdf,'&&1',1) > 0 > order by score(1) desc > / > > output is like: > > sys@gfprd> @orasrch 'pctfree' > > RANK VERSION READER DOCUMENT > ---------- ------------ -------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------ > 100 9.2.0 acroread > /docs/oracle/9.2.0/olap_users_guide.pdf > 100 9.2.0 acroread > /docs/oracle/9.2.0/error_messages.pdf > 100 9.2.0 acroread > /docs/oracle/9.2.0/concepts.pdf > ... > ... > Elapsed: 00:00:00.01 > > Then I cut and paste the reader and document and > then perform a search in > the document. > > Adding new docs is as simple as an insert into the > tables and resync of the > index: > > BEGIN ctx_ddl.sync_index('GFARMER.ORAPDF_IDX01'); > END; > / > > Indexing is very CPU intensive and can take some > time, but it pays off > pretty quickly!! > > Cheers, > Graeme. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Thomas [mailto:mhthomas@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 1:59 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: SQL Language Quick Reference > > Hi, > > I've found a combination that makes reading docs > (e.g. > pdf) a pleasure on my laptop. > > 1) Get a laptop with at least a 15in diagonal screen > and resolution of 1280x800. The screen quality makes > a > big difference. > > 2) Use Acrobat where you can use the "Note Tool" to > save comments in the pdf files. With the navigation > panel on the left, you can tab to "comments" and > flip > back and forth between different notes just like > book > tabs. > > 3) Pdf also provides the option to search, one > document at at time, while "off-line" from the > internet. I wish I knew a way to do "off-line" > search > the Oracle html documentation like you can at: > http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.homepage > But, my laptop is not a very powerful html (nor pdf) > search engine. :-) > > When I know what I'm searching for and select the > correct pdf, then its better than flipping pages. > But, > if I'm generally lost then the html search of Oracle > documentation is the fastest way to get good doc > details for a specific Oracle version. > > HTH. > > Regards, > > Mike Thomas > > --- Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dennis, > > > > WAAAY too much work! > > > > I've never been a fan of online documentation -- > > it's just not > > portable. and I can't hold my finger on one page, > > flip back to another > > to verify things. > > > > There are too many manuals these days, with way > too > > many pages in them. > > > > Rachel > > > > > > --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Rachel - I find the pdf documents are great for > > that purpose. 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