Expert for hire needed

I am in charge of rapidly building a large database-driven website using Dreamweaver/PHP/MySQL. I am familiar with data-driven sites for many years with GoLive. Now I'm using Dreamweaver CS3 and am getting a pretty good handle on it. But I am having many problems and running into many walls.
The new site I'm building must go live on July 1, but because of my problems with Dreamweaver, I am now behind schedule and am in desperate need of an expert I can turn to.
I am looking for an expert for hire to help me troubleshoot what I am doing wrong. It would also be great if this person could take care of some of the more advanced coding for me, and be available on an ongoing basis after the site is launched as we add new features and make improvements in the future.
Please, please, I hope there is someone out there. It would be best if that person lived in Seattle so we could meet face to face sometimes.
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Thanks!
John

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NEED: InDesign/DPS expert for Funny Or Die's iPad & iPhone magazine The Occasional

Hello!
We are looking for a InDesign expert for Funny Or Die's iPhone and iPad comedy magazine, The Occasional.
Lets get to the facts:
>>>>>> ABOUT OUR OUR TEAM:
A very small team that works fast on new ideas.
Passionate about putting out a great product.
Located in New York's Flatiron district.
>>>>>> WHAT WE WANT IN YOU:
> INDESIGN/DPS EXPERT: "I kinda have used InDesign before once in school?" Nope, I am talking you know the ins and out of InDesign DPS BIG TIME. You know all the interactive features and how to use them correctly. You know the DPS bugs already and the work arounds to get the job done. You can layout text and import pre-optimized image for the smallest folio size possible.
> PHOTOSHOP PRO: I can give you a PSD layout and you can go into the file, and cut it up and translate it to InDesign for a flawless victory.
> CODE CHAMPION: We animate the magazine using javascript and HTML 5. You will need to be able to take the assets and make them move awesomely. (We use Hype)
> GREAT ATTITUDE: A yes attitude is a must. You will receive challenges, some without an obvious answer. But a yes attitude knows to research and figure out a way to get it done.
> HARD WORKER: So, you know-- magazines mean deadlines. And sometimes deadlines suck. But we will need a person to be there sometimes all hours of the night to get projects done.
> DETAIL ORIENTATED: You notice the little design flare and animated around it. You can be given a list of notes and nail everyone without us needing to go back and double check everything. You notice the 1 pixel off on the layout and want it fixed. You notice how many misspellings I have in this ad, probably.
> VERY ORGANIZED: Lists on lists on lists. You make your own todo lists. The inside of your files are clean and labeled perfectly so a stranger could pop in and understand everything completely.
> COMMUNICATION: You have a question? Ask us! You have a suggestion? Suggest it to us! We need someone who is ready to talk it out so it can be done right the first time.
> STOKED TO BE HERE: This job is awesome. We want you to be stoked to be here. We are.
>>>>>> PERKS:
> RESPECT: You prove you can get the job done and we let you do it.
> BEST TOOLS: You want new software to help out? Sure. Top of line laptop? No problem. Want something else crazy? LETS GET CRAZY.
> COMPANY CULTURE: We ain't no chumps. We try our best to have a good time and leave the watercooler talk & office politics out of it.
> DIET COKE: We have tons of it.
> EVENTS: Neat events from time to time. Company outings from time to time. Stuff of that nature.
> THE EXTRA GOODIES: Medical, dental, life, vision insurance, 401k, blah blah blah.
>>>>>> INFORMATIVE SENTENCE ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Funny or Die is a comedy brand for the 21st century. We produce hilarious, premium-quality, celebrity-based content for the web, TV, film, mobile, live events, and more. Our website, founded in April of 2007, is the #1 comedy destination online.
>>>>>> HOW TO APPLY:
Send me over some examples of InDesign development and if possible HTML animation. Make sure to tell me about the projects and how you worked on them. Also include a little something about yourself and why you think you are a good fit for Funny Or Die and The Occasional.
email: [email protected] / subject: InDesign Developer Job

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This has never been a feature of iphone,ipod touch or ipad.

Experts: ****Urgent**** help needed.

We need to give a demo to a customer tomorrow.
We need to store data in the Oracle 10g DB in Persian.
Our development DB which we inserted data in English has a WE8ISO8859P1 character set. There is no data in Persian in this DB.
We created a new 10 DB with char set AL32UTF8.
Now we need to import data (From WE8ISO8859P1 dev DB which has data only in English) to AL32UTF8 DB.
We will start entering in Persian only in the AL32UTF8 DB.
All our columns in tables are just default VARCHAR2 columns.
Will we have to change the columns of our tables in AL32UTF8 DB to NVARCHAR2?
Will there be any problems exp/imp???
Will there be any problems in entering data in Persian in AL32UTF8 DB?
Will a column in WE8ISO8859P1 which is VARCHAR2(10), allow to enter 10 Persian characters in the AL32UTF8 DB?

Thanks Experts for the answers.
I finally got hold of a AL32UTF8 DB, changed my machine's language to Farsi and started inserting records and discovered these things which you also have mentioned.
(1.) One Farsi character will take up 2 bytes.
(2.) In AL32UTF8 if you declare a field as VARCHAR2(1 CHAR) it will allocate 4 bytes for that. If you just say VARCHAR2(1) only one byte will be allocated.
(3.) You can declare a field as (maximum) VARCHAR2(4000 CHAR). Then maximum bytes you can store is 4000. i.e. only 2000 Farsi characters. If you enter 2001 Farsi characters it will give "value too large for column" error.
(4.) So, if you have a WE8ISO8859P1, and have a table which as a VARCHAR2(10) field. You use a DDL script from WE8ISO8859P1 and run it just as it is in AL32UTF8. Now, if you EXPORT from WE8ISO8859P1 and IMPORT to AL32UTF8 there wont be any problem, since WE8ISO8859P1 is a single byte character set.
(5.) Here is the problem. There is a NAME VARCHAR2(100) field in AL32UTF8. Now in AL32UTF8 you will be only be able to enter 50 Farsi characters into that. Solutions:
(5.1) In AL32UTF8 recreate the column as NAME VARCHAR2(100 CHAR). I did it this way for the demo.
(5.2) When creating the AL32UTF8 DB create it with NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS set to CHAR. So you can just use DDL extracted from WE8ISO8859P1 (i.e. NAME VARCHAR2(100)) in the AL32UTF8, since in AL32UTF8 100 will go as 100 CHAR. This way you don't have to modify the DDL scripts. Only drawback is for VARCHAR2 fields which need more than 2000 Fasi characters to be input, you will have to make those VARCHAR2 fields to CLOB. i.e. any field which is VARCHAR2(2000) or greater in WE8ISO8859P1 will have to be changed in AL32UTF8 to CLOB.
I find this method (5.2) the better method. But I read somewhere that it is NOT ADVISIBLE TO set the NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS to CHAR at DB creation time.
Is this true? If so why??

What Photoshop version or Product is right for my needs.

I run a Non-Profit organization, we started as a Off-Road Club, that wanted to start doing charity events and Off-Road type search and rescue. Basically we do events that take people into the middle of nowhere and teach safety and survival tips and training, and we do charity type events for taking challenged or under-privileged family and people out to teach off-roading and or camping also.
One of the biggest things we do is search and rescue in areas that normal rescue and law enforcement teams and vehicles cant access due to terrain and conditions like weather or no roads, most of us run highly modified 4x4 vehicles that can access any area, no matter the conditions or weather, a lot of the work relates to helping stranded people, hunters, hikers, campers, or people that try and take a stock luxury Suv on roads that they don't belong on in that type of vehicle, or during tornados, blizzards, or floods in Northern Wisconsin and Upper peninsula Michigan. What I would need the software for as the president and owner, is for photo evidence of conditions during rescues, and photos of rescues, and photos of charity events, I also make up mail-out bulletins to get new members and or volunteers, also packets with photos are used for getting supporters and donations.
So I don't need professional editing of photos, but I do need editing that looks good and makes us look professional, I do know my way around a computer, but I am not a expert.
So my questions stands with asking, what Photoshop software is right for my needs, because I don't want to spend money on software I don't need???
Any help would greatly be appreciated.

I recommend Photoshop Elements, as that is designed for beginners and hobbiest in mind. In a sense, it holds your hand until you feel comfortable. I don't use that app, so I can not say on how much it holds your hand. I can only resite, what I have read.
That being said, I also do not know how much vector tools are in that app. Vector tool will help tremendously as they can make quick work out of doing flow chart type graphics, as in outline of bodies, arrows pointing to the location, lines showing paths or roads, and other hand made graphics that describe the area.
The reason for vector graphics, is they are scalable and do not take up as much ram or drive space. Don't get me wrong, raster tools (paint type tools) can be useful in doing the same thing, but they are a bit harder to alter, scale(especially larger), etc.
Therefore, Elements is great for learning, but professionally, Photoshop, illustrator and lightroom. So keep that in mind, when the time comes.

***CALLING ALL MACBOOK AIR USERS*** Will the base model of the 2013 Macbook Air 11" be enough for my needs?

Ok,
This is my first post to this forum.
I have a Late 2011 i5 Macbook Pro. I used this last year during college but the weight was just unbearable. I have decided this year to upgrade to a Macbook Air. Here is my question.
I am starting uni and will be studying Nursing and so I will not be using any heavy software or progaming etc.
The only thing I will use is Office for Mac and browsing. I normally keep around 15 browser tabs open whilst I research.
I also like to download so I would also like Vuse on my Macbook too. I own an external hardrive and so memory isnt a big deal (unless it makes a difference to the performance of the mac itself, Sorry im not great with this stuff)
Do you guys think the base model of the 11" Macbook Air (1.3ghz, 4GB ram, 128GB SSD) will be enough for my needs or do you think I would need to custom build it (1.7ghz, 8GB ram, 128GB SSD)?
My boyfriend thinks for what im using it for the base model will be fine but I dont want to get it to find that its not enough as my main concern is lag but I also do not want to pay extra for something which isnt going to be fully used (ie my current Macbook Pro).
For those of you who do have the 11' Macbook air, how are you finding it? Also, this will be my main computing device, I am selling my Pro but am thinking of buying the wireless keyboard and trackpad so I can connect to an extenal monitor whilst im at home.
Thank you guys in adavnce for any answers.

I too have a 2011 mackbook pro and I also have a mid 2012 mackbook air 128 gb ssd and 4 gb ram , I am probably goint to sell the pro because I just don't use it anymore . If you intend to do heavy multi tasking 8gb ram as suggested by a previous poster might be worth the extra money.

Need A New Printer~Which Would Be Good For My Needs?

Just on Saturday I got my New iMac computer with of course OS X Mountain Lion to replace my old iMac that was still running on Tiger. Now I need to upgrade and get new items, particularly a printer. My old printer is a HP All-In-One Photosmart and was the type to directly hook up via a USB port cable...NOT wireless. There IS NO updated software to upgrade this printer, so that means I need to get a new printer. I don't have wireless Wi-Fi but connect to the internet via Ethernet cable and notice most of the "newer"printers are all wireless..are they any printers that can have the versatility to connect via wireless but more important USB cable? I need a printer that can print documents (from my computer), scan and print photos from my computer NOT a memory card as I do not have a digital camera...my photos are scans from a photo scanner to digitize. I've been reading what Apple store has to offer as far as printers and frankly confused which would be the best printer to buy for my needs.
Any suggestions??
PS NEED PRINTER THAT CAN HOOK UP VIA USB PORT NOT ETHERNET AS THAT IS ALREADY TAKEN BY MY HOOK UP VIA MY DSL ROUTER

Canon MG8220 has wireless, Ethernet and USB posts. Printer and scanner drivers are available via Apple Software Update.

HELP! Does anyone know a "Data Recovery Expert" for I-Phone? - My calender disappeared during transfer of data from my old I-Phone 4 to my new I-Phone 5s. It was on both I-Phones then vanished. (It was evidently not syncing during back-ups on the laptop)

HELP! Does anyone know a "Data Recovery Expert" for I-Phone? - My calender disappeared during transfer of data from my old I-Phone 4 to my new I-Phone 5s. It was on both I-Phones then vanished. (It was evidently not syncing during back-ups on the laptop)

What calendar were you syning to? Outlook? Google? Something else? The directions on how to resync vary a bit.

HELP! Does anyone know a Data Recovery Expert for I-CIoud? -My calender disappeared during I-Cloud transfer of data from old I-Phone 4 to new I-Phone 5s. It was on both I-Phones then vanished. (It was evidently not syncing during back-ups on the laptop)

HELP! Does anyone know a "Data Recovery Expert" for I-Cloud & I-Phone? - My calender disappeared during I-Cloud transfer of data from my old I-Phone 4 to my new I-Phone 5s. It was on both I-Phones then vanished. (It was evidently not syncing during back-ups on the laptop)

HELP! Does anyone know a "Data Recovery Expert" for I-Cloud & I-Phone? - My calendar disappeared during I-Cloud transfer of data from my old I-Phone 4 to my new I-Phone 5s. It was on both I-Phones then vanished. (It was evidently not syncing during back-ups on the laptop)
The Apple techs are looking. But they can't find it. Nor can they find a back up on my laptop, Evidently when I backed up my Iphone to computer the calendar wasn't syncing. Since I only use the calander on my phone - I never noticed.
The Apple store rep that sold me the I-Phone 5 on Monday, was transferring my contacts and calendar thru I-Cloud (I never used I-Cloud before that moment - and always had it turned off). He successfully transferred the contacts - which are still on my phone), but the Calendar weirdly split into 6 calendars (2 of which were linked to my G-Mail which only had a few entries) (4 were linked to my MSN / Hotmail email and contained all the major events/data). I never created calendars that were separate or liked them to 2 different emails. I just typed entries into the I-Phone calendar. However, the calendar did exist on the new I-Phone for 24 hours. Something happened during transfer. When the Apple Genius Bar tech was attempting to back up my Calendar & merge the 6 calendars, everything disappeared in his hand while he was looking at it.
I am hoping that some really good data recovery expert exists that can restore the calendar that was in both I-Phones yesterday. It is completely devastating if I can't recover it.
Any help, or referrals, is great appreciated!!!!
Thanks!

Which rMBP for my needs? 13" or 15" rMBP

Hi,
I've read several threads and articles and can't seem to find any reviews for folks w/ a similar setup. Most reviews are for a the laptops themselves but I'm curious if anyone can chime in on the performance when connected to a 27" Apple display (pre or post thunderbolt). How does a 13" rMBP perform in iPhoto/Lightroom/Photoshop on a 27" apply display?
Here's some background. I'm currently using a 2010 15" MBP connected to a 2010 27" Apple cinema display (pre-thunderbolt) and performance really bogs down in iPhoto (150GB iPhoto size). Performance is much, much better when not using the 27" display.
My current and future uses are iPhoto and iMovie. I use a Canon 7D DSLR mostly for pics and HD vids of my friends and family. I plan to purchase either Aperture or Lightroom once I get a new rMBP as well. I shoot RAW files and use the HD video features.
Can anyone chime in and/or make a recommendation as to which rMBP would be best for my uses? I like the price and form factor of the 13" rMBP but my main concern is it doesn't have enough horsepower to drive a 27" apple cinema display.
I have both a 2008 13" aluminum macbook, 2010 15" MBP, 2011 MBA, and all work like champs - when standalone. It's just that they don't seem to be able to handle 27" apple display all too well (i.e. scroll lag, choppiness when dragging windows, iPhoto slider update lag, etc). The 2008" 13 aluminum macbook can only watch Bloomberg TV standalone, on the 27" display it's blank. My work laptop (2011 Lenovo ThinkPad) handles the 27" display like a boss!!
With that said, unfortunately, for my needs I feel like it's time to upgrade (again) and now leaning more towards the 15" rMBP. But if the 13" rMBP can handle large RAW files, HD vids, AND a 27" cinema display I'll get that one.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!

I also use a Canon 7D. One big difference is that the current 13" and 15" have Intel Iris/Iris Pro integrated graphics, which are said to be a great improvement over the integrated graphics in the older MacBooks you have. They are so much better that Apple no longer sells MacBook Pros with a separate graphics card unless you buy the most expensive 15" MacBook Pro, which is so expensive I'm not sure I'll ever buy it.
For Aperture or Lightroom, the amount of RAM is going to be very important. I don't use Aperture, but for Lightroom the graphics card is not very important. From that I would guess that you could get either a 13" or 15" as long as you put enough RAM into it from the beginning, since both programs want lots of RAM and you can't upgrade it later. That should be at least 8GB RAM, but I would just max it out at 16GB RAM and not worry about it again.
The current 15" should drive a 27" monitor without a problem. I'd like to say the 13" can, but since it's labeled Iris instead of Iris Pro that might make a difference. If you live anywhere near an Apple Store you should go down there and ask them to connect the 13" to one of their 27" monitors and see how well everything works.

IMac spec help required for virtualisation needs.

Hi I currently own a MBP 13" core 2 duo with 4GB ram and its hardware limitations are becoming apparent for my needs and I cannot increase the memory any further.
I have recently taken a career change and started working in IT which I love to bits. As part of my job I have to complete several Microsoft Exams.
I learn by doing practice scenarios and have been using Parallels 6 for Mac, virtualising 2 Windows 7 and getting them to communicate to each other etc. There will be other things to learn down the line. I like Parallels because you can flip easily between OSX and MS take snapshots etc. However my current MBP does struggle (it pages to the HDD and the fans do kick in) & I am looking for another Mac as I like the all in one form factor screen etc, I don't want a beige box.
I would really like another MBP but the memory only goes up to 8Gb Ram so considering the iMac range but with the iMac comes limitations - portability.
As I progress with my new career I will have to take further exams in further subjects such as Windows Server 2008 R2 & Exchange 2010 and so on.
I would like to continue using Parallels 6 but my main issues is the spec.
A training example I maybe thinking of is:
1 to 2 Windows 7 Virtual clients
1 Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP2 running a Domain & Exchange 2010
or to replicate real world scenario
as above but 2 * Windows 2008 Server R2 (1 with a Domain controller the other with Exchange 2010).
I may also want to learn Windows Small Business Server - so something similar to the above.
This will (ideally) be running on OSX using Parallels 6.
With this in mind I am considering:
iMac 27" 2011 -
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
4GB ram Plus 8Gb purchased separately totalling 12GB (may consider maxing out to 16gb if needed)
256 Gb SSD with the 2TB HDD
I understand that I will have to balance the needs of OSX and the guest operating systems I am hoping the i7 will give me this flexibility as there are virtual cores.
eg Host - OSX - 2CPU's & 4GB ram
2* Win 7 - 1 CPU shared & total of 2GB ram
Windows 2008 R2 (Domain controller) - 1 CPU & 2GB ram
Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010 & test mailboxes etc - allocate 2 CPU's (hoping that the virtual cores come into play) & 4GB ram.
As this is going to be a testing & learning environment there isn't going to be a massive load on the exchange box or loads of clients accessing so I am hoping the memory & cpu requirements are going to be ok.
My main questions are:
1- Will the above iMac spec do?
2- Should I max out the ram to 16gb?
3- Is the standard AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1GB do or should I upgrade to the 2GB due to the number of virtual machines.
4- As this iMac will cost some money could I get away with an i5???
5- Will it perform ok - ie will my OSX environment and my guest os's work smoothly without any lag
6- Will the i7 Virtualisation of the CPUs work (as in my real world scenario I have run out of "actual cpu's!!)
7- Is there a likely hood that the iMac could over heat with all the work that I am asking it to do?
8- Confirm my gut feelings that a MBP would not be able to do the the tasks I am asking it to do?!!!
10 - Any suggestions to getting my MBP to connect remotely to the iMac so I can do virtualisation work on it?
11- Has anyone done something similar and got any advice / tips on their setup.
12- Should I just not bother using OSX and just use Microsoft Hyper V (still on an iMac though)
Any answers / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Ta.

1. I would think the system that you have is mind is more than enough.
2. No, I think 8GB is find, but if you are planning on running 4 or 5 VMs at the same time then maybe 12GB.
3. This is find.
4. Yes, the i5 will work for you also.
5. Yes, but again if you have 4 or 5 VMs open it could lag.
6. Yes both the i5 and the i7.
7. No, It has has a few fans that will take care of heat.
8. Yes, I would think any of the current MacBook Pro's con handle this also.
9. Yes, Apple Remote Desktop, Back to my Mac, LogMeIn, etc.
10. Get the largest hard drive available for you new system.
11. No, use Parallels.
Good luck with your new position.

I've installed bootcamp 4.0 on my iMac 27. Everything works superb, but for playing need for speed run or battlefield 3 I need catalyst driver 11.7 or higher. How can I update my graphics? Is there a possibility except waiting for a new bootcamp version?

I've installed bootcamp 4.0 on my iMac 27. Everything works superb, but for playing need for speed run or battlefield 3 I need catalyst driver 11.7 or higher. How can I update my graphics? Is there a possibility except waiting for a new bootcamp version?

But how do you install the drivers if Bootcamp is running interference?
Bottom line, I'ev tried to install three different versions of updated ATI driver sover the last few momnths and on each and every occassion have ended up with the original Bootcamp driver. A number of current games are unplayable on a Mac running Bootcamp as a result.
And if I can't run the software I want, then Bootcamp is as useless as boobs on a bull.

Is Oracle Text the right solution for this need of a specific search!

Hi ,
We are on Oracle 11.2.0.2 on Solaris 10. We have the need to be able to do search on data that are having diacritical marks and we should be able to do the serach ignoring this diacritical marks. That is the requirement. Now I got to hear that Oracle Text has a preference called BASIC_LEXER which can bypass the diacritical marks and so solely due to this feature I implemented Oracle Text and just for this diacritical search and no other need.
I mean I set up preference like this:
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.create_preference ('cust_lexer', 'BASIC_LEXER');
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.set_attribute ('cust_lexer', 'base_letter', 'YES'); -- removes diacritics
With this I set up like this:
CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)
--created Oracle Text index
CREATE INDEX TEXT_TEST_IDX1 ON TEXT_TEST
(NAME)
INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT
PARAMETERS('LEXER cust_lexer WORDLIST cust_wl SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
--sample data to illustrate the problem
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('muller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('müller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MULLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MÜLLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('PAUL HERNANDEZ');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('CHRISTOPHER Phil');
COMMIT;
--Now there is an alternative solution that is there, instead of thee Oracle Text which is just a plain function given below (and it seems to work neat for my simple need of removing diacritical characters effect in search)
--I need to evaluate which is better given my specific needs -the function below or Oracle Text.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia(p_value IN VARCHAR2, p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
IS
OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
begin
IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
   OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
ELSE
   OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
END IF;
OUTPUT_STR := TRANSLATE(OUTPUT_STR,'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ', 'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
RETURN (OUTPUT_STR);
end;
--now I query for which name stats with a P%:
--Below query gets me unexpected result of one row as I am using Oracle Text where each word is parsed for search using CONTAINS...
SQL> select * from text_test where contains(name,'P%')>0;
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
CHRISTOPHER Phil
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where name like 'P%';
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where remove_dia(name) like remove_dia('P%');
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZMy entire need was only to be able to do a search that bypasses diacritical characters. To implement Oracle Text for that reason, I am wondering if that was the right choice! More so when I am now finding that the functionality of LIKE is not available in Oracle Text - the Oracle text search are based on tokens or words and they are different from output of the LIKE operator. So may be should I have just used a simple function like below and used that for my purpose instead of using Oracle Text:
This function (remove_dia) just removes the diacritical characters and may be for my need this is all that is needed. Can someone help to review that given my need I am better of not using Oracle Text? I need to continue using the functionality of Like operator and also need to bypass diacritical characters so the simple function that I have meets my need whereas Oracle Text causes a change in behaviour of search queries.
Thanks,
OrauserN

If all you need is LIKE functionality and you do not need any of the complex search capabilities of Oracle Text, then I would not use Oracle Text. I would create a function-based index on your name column that uses your function that removes the diacritical marks, so that your searches will be faster. Please see the demonstration below.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
2    (NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE))
3 /
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> Insert all
2 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('muller')
3 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('müller')
4 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MULLER')
5 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MÜLLER')
6 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('PAUL HERNANDEZ')
7 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('CHRISTOPHER Phil')
8 select * from dual
9 /
6 rows created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia
2    (p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
3      p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
4    RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
5 IS
6    OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
7 begin
8    IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
9       OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
10    ELSE
11       OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
12    END IF;
13    RETURN
14       TRANSLATE
15         (OUTPUT_STR,
16          'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ',
17          'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
18 end;
19 /
Function created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> show errors
No errors.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE INDEX text_test_remove_dia_name
2 ON text_test (remove_dia (name))
3 /
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> set autotrace on explain
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('mü%')
3 /
NAME
muller
müller
MULLER
MÜLLER
4 rows selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('P%')
3 /
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
1 row selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2>

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