ORDDOC and context searching!!

We have a scenario in which client uploads file in the format doc,ppt,pdf into database and is stored as orddoc format.
The version of database used in 9i. The client has a requirement in which he needs to search for a particular text inside the document.
Q1. Is this possible using the Orddoc dataype and ctxsys
We have tried with CLOB datatype and were able to search for a particular string inside the document.
Which is best datatype for this purpose and does oracle has any other tools/methods by which this can be done?

Hi Satish,
I followed the procedure in the link
Created the table
CREATE TABLE SEARCHTABLE
SNO NUMBER NOT NULL,
DATA ORDSYS.ORDDOC
Then created the index as
CREATE INDEX DATA_CTX_IND ON searchTable(data.source.localdata) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT;
Latter i upload a txt file and recreated the index. I checked the DATA_CTX_IND$I table and found that no data was populated.
I run the query
CREATE INDEX DATA_CTX_IND ON searchTable(data.source.localdata) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT;
and i am getting the following
ORA-29900:operator binding does not exist ORA -06553 : PLS-306 : wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'CONTAINS'
The same query worked fine for varchar and clob type field, so how can it suddently fail for orddoc?
Note: I am not an expert in oracle.. i just having working knowledge .. and this is first complex thing i am doing

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