Best code to search about strings

Hi
I have a created a table as a follow
sql> create table emp(emp_id number,emp_name varchar2(20));
I represented my table in a form buider module with text_item for each feild .
I need a code to complete the substring which is entered by the end user into the text_item that represents emp_name field
I have tried lov but lov forces the user to enter the first characters right
for example if the emp_name wanted to search a bout it is abraham
the end user enter braha the code complete it to abraham.
thank in advance

Create LOV with qry similar to the fol...
select emp_name
from employee_master
where ( emp_name LIKE '%'||:T4||'%' or :T4 Is null)
where T4 is your empname field in the blk ...
Set the item property T4 with LOV name and Validate from list as true
Set the LOV property as Automatic Select Yes...

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I am writing a program based on the six degrees of seperation theory.
Basically I have been given a (very large) txt file from the imdb with a list of all the films written in it.
The text in the document is written like this:
'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2006)/Paris, Jackie/Moody, James (IV)/Bogdanovich, Peter/Vera, Billy/Ellison, Harlan/Newman, Barry/Whaley, Frank/Murphy, Mark (X)/Tosches, Nick (I)/Moss, Anne Marie
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what the program will do is take in a name (from a gui) of an actor/actress and find the smallest connection to a famous actor.
So first things first, my idea of thinking is to search the file for K.E.V.I.N. B.A.C.O.N and all his films, and safe them into an array. Then do another search for films from the actor that the user entered at the gui. then find the shortest possible connection to both stars.
my code for the search part of the program
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
public class FileSearch {
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     FileInputStream inFile = null;
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     public void openFilm()
          try
              inFile = new FileInputStream(aFile);
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}The problem I have is that I can't work out how to search the txt file for a specific string/s and save them into an array. (I'm not sure if this is the best way to go about it or not at this stage).
So whats the best way to search for an actor from that file and save the film title and the year of release?
Hope this makes sense? what I hope the final program will be like is like this http://oracleofbacon.org/

I went away and looked at regular expressions and this is what I came up with
public class NameSearch{
     public static void main(String[] args)
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}This by any means not finished, I'm just trying to get to grips with regualr expressions. But when I run the program it doesn't return anything, from what I've tried to work out is it should return actor x amount of times they appear in the file. But when I run it nothing comes back (the actors name is in the text file) so I'm not too sure what I'm doing wrong, any suggestion please

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Hi all,
My requirement is to search a string in a Form (Forms Version 5.0.6.8.0. However If I go to <Filie-Administration-Object list report), I am getting a ascii file. All the objects in the form are listed in the file. So, I do a 'Search' of my required String in the ascii file.
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What is the best way to search the content of html files?
These would be files I create.
I have tried to use SpotLight but it's not up to it.
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Hi,
I have a table by name temp and 2 values in the table. I'm using LIKE caluse to search a string. I'm getting output for some particular string. Please correct the below query for me.
I have given a table/data reference for you:
Create table temp(col1 varchar2(255));
insert into temp values ('Test_Scale_High');
1 row inserted
insert into temp values ('Test_Scale_High');
1 row inserted
commit;
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santhosh.shivaram wrote:
select * from temp;
col1
Test_Scale_High
Test_Scale High
select * from temp where upper(col1) like '%TEST_SCALE%';
COL1
Test_Scale_High
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COL1
Test_Scale_High
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Hope the following code helps:
SQL> set feedback on;
SQL> SELECT * FROM TEMP
2 /
COL1
Test_Scale_High
Test_Scale High
2 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT *
2    FROM temp
3   WHERE UPPER (col1) LIKE '%TEST_SCALE%'
4 /
COL1
Test_Scale_High
Test_Scale High
2 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT *
2    FROM temp
3   WHERE UPPER (col1) LIKE '%TEST_SCALE\_%' ESCAPE '\'
4 /
COL1
Test_Scale_High
1 row selected.
SQL> SELECT *
2    FROM temp
3   WHERE UPPER (col1) LIKE '%TEST_SCALE_H%'
4 /
COL1
Test_Scale_High
Test_Scale High
2 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT *
2    FROM temp
3   WHERE UPPER (col1) LIKE '%TEST_SCALE\_H%' ESCAPE '\'
4 /
COL1
Test_Scale_High
1 row selected.
SQL>Regards,
Jo
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user594301 wrote:
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