Oracle 9i Release 2 Function Index

Can somone please tell me if functional indices are available on the standard 9i version or the Enterprise version only?
I know they are enterprise only on 8i and I'm hoping this changed to 9i
Thank you
John D

It seems to be included in 9i Standard edition see here
http://otn.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/pdf/o9i_family_features.pdf

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I couldn't move these questions from another post, so I deleted them and put them here:
Re: Migrating SDO_GEOMETRY to 10g TOPOLOGY
Posted By: [email protected] on Dec 3, 2004 11:08:52 AM
Hi, is there somewhere a roadmap (with dates) or/and a list of new spatial features in future releases of the oracle database
Rolf
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I agree, a roadmap with attached release dates and
feature listings would be an excellent resource.
Ronan

Oracle isn't allowed to provide futures information in advance of product announcements, except under non-disclosure agreements.
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Hi,
I'm running into a problem with Oracle Text when searching using the ! (soundex) option. I've created a simple test example to highlight the issue.
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit
Windows 2008 Server 64-bit
create table test_tab (test_col varchar2(200));
insert all
into test_tab (test_col) values ('ab-tönes')
into test_tab (test_col) values ('ab-tones')
into test_tab (test_col) values ('abtones')
into test_tab (test_col) values ('ab tones')
into test_tab (test_col) values ('ab-tanes')
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TANES
TONES
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ab-tönes
ab-tones
ab tones
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ab-tönes
ab-tones
abtones
ab tones
ab-tanes
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I can't really use soundex as this search query will form part of a search screen for a multi-language application. Soundex is limited to English sounding words, so I need the solution to be able to compare strings that may not "sound" English.
It must be an attribute of the BASIC_LEXER, and I've tried skipjoins, start/end-joins, stop lists, but I just cannot get the Soundex feature of Oracle Text to function like the SOUNDEX() function!
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2 /
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2 /
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8    from   test_tab
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4 end;
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ab-tones
abtones
ab tones
ab-tanes
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ab-tönes
ab-tones
abtones
ab tones
ab-tanes
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ab-tönes
ab-tones
abtones
ab tones
ab-tanes
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