Hi Ralf, check this article<http://phpadvent.org/2008/full-text-searching-with-sqlite-by-scott-macvicar>, at the bottom of it there is something like: CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE example USING FTS3(title TEXT, TOKENIZE icu en_GB) In PHP he uses ICU as to split words, any hints about doing that with Delphi? thank you. --- Best Regards, Edwin Yip Mind Mapping is as Effortless as Typing http://www.InnovationGear.com