Oracle Text Help with XML column values

Hello. In addition to being new to Oracle Text, I am inheriting an Oracle Text application and have a couple of questions.
First, A context-based index has been set-up on a CLOB column which contains an XML formatted document. The Auto Section Group parameter has been set to created zones for each tag of the XML document. I have found that when using a browser to display the content of the CLOB, some of the column values have trouble displaying in the browser, where I receive an XML processing error. I believe this is due to the fact that some of the XML document rows contain URLs that are not embedded in the CDATA tag. In any case, if the browser has trouble displaying the XML, will oracle text have trouble indexing the XML and creating the section group zones?
Second, I understand that the NOT operator takes a right operand term and left operand term. Can either of the terms be the results of the WITHIN operator, i.e. "dogs not (cats within animals)".
Thank you.

I bet you just whipped that out, and I thank you with all my
heart, its amazing to me how many ways I tried to do what you did.
Thanks
I have a second question relating to the same problem and
that is in referencing the over state. Currently, I can write
'text' into the text field and see what I have coming in from xml
in its place during the 'up' state.
However, when the timeline hits the 'over' state, the
textfield will display nothing, or 'text' if I have that written
in. I suspect that I am not referencing the'over' state correctly.
Should I add one line of code sort of referencing the text
field and not just the button while in the over state?

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 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
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 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
 /*EQUITY_HIST*/
 v_target_table := 'X_EQUITY_HIST_TBL';
 v_sql_to_run:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(K)*/ K.* FROM [email protected] K '||
 ' INNER JOIN SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL I'||
 ' ON K.SECURITY_ALIAS = I.SPOKE_SEC'||
 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
 ' and K.EFFECTIVE_DATE =(SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(H)*/ MAX (H.EFFECTIVE_DATE) FROM [email protected] H WHERE'||
 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
 /*EQUITY_DETAIL_HIST*/
 v_target_table := 'X_EQUITY_DETAIL_HIST_TBL';
 v_sql_to_run:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(K)*/ K.* FROM [email protected] K '||
 ' INNER JOIN SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL I'||
 ' ON K.SECURITY_ALIAS = I.SPOKE_SEC'||
 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
 ' and K.EFFECTIVE_DATE =(SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(H)*/ MAX (H.EFFECTIVE_DATE) FROM [email protected] H WHERE'||
 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
 /*FIXED_INCOME_HIST*/
 v_target_table := 'X_FIXED_INCOME_HIST_TBL';
 v_sql_to_run:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(K)*/ K.* FROM [email protected] K '||
 ' INNER JOIN SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL I'||
 ' ON K.SECURITY_ALIAS = I.SPOKE_SEC'||
 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
 ' and K.EFFECTIVE_DATE =(SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(H)*/ MAX (H.EFFECTIVE_DATE) FROM [email protected] H WHERE'||
 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
 /*FIXED_INCOME_DETAIL_EXT_HIST*/
 v_target_table := 'X_FIXED_INCOME_DTL_EXT_TBL';
 v_sql_to_run:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(K)*/ K.* FROM [email protected] K '||
 ' INNER JOIN SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL I'||
 ' ON K.SECURITY_ALIAS = I.SPOKE_SEC'||
 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
 ' and K.EFFECTIVE_DATE =(SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(H)*/ MAX (H.EFFECTIVE_DATE) FROM [email protected] H WHERE'||
 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
 /*DERIVATIVES_HIST*/
 v_target_table := 'X_DERIVATIVES_HIST_TBL';
 v_sql_to_run:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(K)*/ K.* FROM [email protected] K '||
 ' INNER JOIN SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL I'||
 ' ON K.SECURITY_ALIAS = I.SPOKE_SEC'||
 ' AND K.SRC_INTFC_INST = 140 '||
 ' and K.EFFECTIVE_DATE =(SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(H)*/ MAX (H.EFFECTIVE_DATE) FROM [email protected] H WHERE'||
 ' H.SECURITY_ALIAS = K.SECURITY_ALIAS AND H.SRC_INTFC_INST = K.SRC_INTFC_INST)' ;
 v_commit_after := 0;
 INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE(v_target_table,v_sql_to_run,v_commit_after);
END RETREIVE_RECORDS_FROM_SPOKE;
PROCEDURE COMPARE_RECORDS(p_err_msg OUT VARCHAR2)
AS
 l_count NUMBER;
 l_err_msg VARCHAR2(100);
 TYPE T_SECURITIES is TABLE of HIST_DATA_COMPARE_TBL%rowtype;
 ttype T_SECURITIES;
 CURSOR C1
 IS
 SELECT TABLE_NAME, TEMP_TABLE, COLUMN_NAME from SEC_COMPARE_CONFIG
 where column_name='EFFECTIVE_DATE';
 CURSOR C2
 IS
 SELECT * FROM SEC_COMPARE_CONFIG where id <=82;
 C_REC SEC_COMPARE_CONFIG%rowtype;
 BEGIN
 LC_SQL :='';
 p_err_msg :='';
 FOR C_REC in C1
 loop
 LC_SQL:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(B)*/ /*+PARALLEL(A,100)*/ B.SECURITY_ALIAS, to_char(C.SPOKE_PAID), A.SECURITY_ALIAS,to_char(C.HUB_PAID),'||''''||C_REC.TABLE_NAME||''''||','||q'!'EFFECTIVE_DATE'!'||','||
 ' NVL((cast(B.'||C_REC.COLUMN_NAME||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||'),'||
 ' NVL((cast(A.'||C_REC.COLUMN_NAME||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||')'||
 ' FROM '||C_REC.TEMP_TABLE||' A, SECURITYDBO.'||C_REC.TABLE_NAME ||'@PROD1.WORLD B,'||
 ' SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL C'||
 ' WHERE A.SRC_INTFC_INST=140'||
 ' AND B.SRC_INTFC_INST=140'||
 ' AND A.SECURITY_ALIAS=C.spoke_sec'||
 ' and b.security_alias=C.HUB_SEC'||
 ' AND a.effective_date <> (select max(h.effective_date) from SECURITYDBO.'||C_REC.TABLE_NAME||'@PROD1.WORLD H'||
 ' where h.security_alias=c.hub_sec and h.src_intfc_inst=140 )';
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE LC_SQL BULK COLLECT into ttype;
 FORALL x in ttype.First..ttype.Last
 insert into HIST_DATA_COMPARE_TBL values ttype(x);
 commit;
 end loop;
 For C_REC in C2
 loop
 LC_SQL:= ' SELECT /*+DRIVING_SITE(B)*/ /*+PARALLEL(A,100)*/ B.SECURITY_ALIAS, to_char(C.SPOKE_PAID), A.SECURITY_ALIAS,to_char(C.HUB_PAID),'||''''||C_REC.TABLE_NAME||''''||','||''''||C_REC.COLUMN_NAME||''''||','||
 ' NVL((cast(B.'||C_REC.COLUMN_NAME||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||'),'||
 ' NVL((cast(A.'||C_REC.COLUMN_NAME||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||')'||
 ' FROM '||C_REC.TEMP_TABLE||' A, SECURITYDBO.'||C_REC.TABLE_NAME ||'@PROD1.WORLD B,'||
 ' SPOKE_TO_HUB_SEC_MTCH_TBL C'||
 ' WHERE A.SRC_INTFC_INST=140'||
 ' AND B.SRC_INTFC_INST=140'||
 ' AND A.SECURITY_ALIAS=C.spoke_sec'||
 ' and b.security_alias=C.HUB_SEC'||
 ' and b.effective_date=a.effective_date'||
 ' AND NVL((cast(A.'||C_REC.column_name||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||') <>'||
 ' NVL((cast(B.'||C_REC.column_name||' as VARCHAR2(100))),'||q'!'No Records Found'!'||')';
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE LC_SQL BULK COLLECT into ttype;
 FORALL x in ttype.First..ttype.Last
 insert into HIST_DATA_COMPARE_TBL values ttype(x);
 commit;
 end loop;
 BEGIN
 select count(*) into l_count from HIST_DATA_COMPARE_TBL;
 if(l_count=0) then
 l_err_msg :='No records found';
 end if;
 END;
 END COMPARE_RECORDS;
 NAME: INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE
DESCRIPTION: This procedure will insert the records into the target table based based on the data fetched using the sql to run variable.
 It also records the commit_after variable which defines that after how many records the insert needs to be committed.
PROCEDURE INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE ( v_target_table VARCHAR2,
 v_sql_to_run VARCHAR2,
 v_commit_after NUMBER) IS
v_limit_sql1 VARCHAR2(300) := ' ';
v_limit_sql2 VARCHAR2(900) := ' ';
v_plsql_to_run VARCHAR2(32767);
BEGIN
 IF NVL(v_commit_after,0) <> 0 THEN
 v_limit_sql1:= ' LIMIT ' || TO_CHAR(v_commit_after) ;
 v_limit_sql2:= ' IF MOD(v_number_of_rows, ' || TO_CHAR(v_commit_after) || ' ) = 0 THEN ' ||
 ' COMMIT; ' ||
 ' END IF; ' ;
 END IF;
 v_plsql_to_run:= ' ' ||
 'DECLARE ' ||
 ' v_number_of_rows number:=0; ' ||
 ' ' ||
 ' TYPE MyType IS REF CURSOR; ' ||
 ' CV MyType; ' ||
 ' TYPE RecTyp IS TABLE OF ' || v_target_table || '%ROWTYPE; ' ||
 ' rec RecTyp; ' ||
 ' ' ||
 'BEGIN ' ||
 ' ' ||
 'OPEN CV FOR ' ||
 ' ' || REPLACE( v_sql_to_run, ';', ' ' ) || ' ; ' ||
 ' LOOP ' ||
 ' FETCH CV BULK COLLECT INTO rec ' || v_limit_sql1 || '; ' ||
 ' FORALL i IN 1..rec.COUNT ' ||
 ' INSERT /*+ APPEND */ INTO ' || v_target_table || ' VALUES rec(i); ' ||
 ' v_number_of_rows := v_number_of_rows + SQL%ROWCOUNT; ' ||
 ' ' || v_limit_sql2 || ' ' ||
 ' EXIT WHEN CV%NOTFOUND; ' ||
 ' ' ||
 ' END LOOP; ' ||
 ' COMMIT; ' ||
 ' CLOSE CV; ' ||
 'END; ';
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_plsql_to_run;
 COMMIT;
END INSERT_DATA_TO_TABLE;
END SECURITY_COMPARE;

Oracle Text Help

Hello Gurus,
I am new to Oracle Text so i need your valuable inputs in resolving an issue i am facing.
Here is the table definition and sample data:
create table test ( a varchar2(100));
insert into test values('Hello How are you');
insert into test values('Just to say you Hello');
insert into test values('I know you');
insert into test values('you know');
insert into test values('you may not know me');
insert into test values('do i know you');
SQL> SELECT * FROM test;
A
Hello How are you
Just to say you Hello
I know you
you know
you may not know me
do i know you
6 rows selected.
If user enters search criteria ('you know', for example); i need to return all the records having 'you' AND 'know' anywhere. Hence for search criteria 'you know', i should get following records:
I know you
you know
you may not know me
do i know you
Similarly, i need to return below records for criteria 'hello you':
Hello How are you
Just to say you Hello
Can Oracle Text help me here?
Thanks in advance for your help.
regards,

SQL> create table test ( a varchar2(100))
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values('Hello How are you')
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values('Just to say you Hello')
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values('I know you')
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values('you know')
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values('you may not know me')
1 row created.
SQL> insert into test values('do i know you')
1 row created.
SQL> create index test_idx on test (a) indextype is ctxsys.context
Index created.
SQL> var str varchar2(100)
SQL> exec :str := 'you know'
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from test where contains(a,:str) > 0
A
I know you
you know
you may not know me
do i know you
4 rows selected.
SQL> exec :str := 'hello you'
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from test where contains(a,:str) > 0
A
Hello How are you
Just to say you Hello
2 rows selected.

How can I make a text box with 2 columns?

I can't figure out how to make a text box with two columns. I made one in pages and pasted it into iWeb but it seems to have turned it into an image when I published to a folder. I want to keep it text so the search engines will index it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, David

You will have to create two text boxes, configure them as columns and then paste into the first and cut where you want the columns to end and paste the remainder into the second column as on this page . I've tried saving a two column Word document as a web page and it just converts it to one column.
OT

Polulate Text frames with XML content - PLEASE help me.

Hi guys,
I'm trying to import some xml data to an indesign file. Here are the steps I'm doing:
1- create new document
2- create master page
3- create empty text fields in the master to be tagged
4- import tags from xml
5- import xml
then it simply don't auto populate the text fields wiith the xml content.
I've already spent about 10 hours trying to figure out what can be the problem...
My structure in indesign (BEFORE importing XML):
businesscards
Card
employeeName
employeePosition
employeeAddressln1
employeeAddressln2
employeePhone
employeeEmail
My structure in indesign (AFTER importing XML):
businesscards
Card 
Card 
Card 
Card 
employeeName
employeePosition
employeeAddressln1
employeeAddressln2
employeePhone
employeeEmail
But it doesn't populate the text frames...
I've already tried to write text in the text frames and tagged them, so I can see those colored brackets. But it doesn't work and makes a mess in the structure.
Please, can someone help me, do you know a good step by step tutorial online? What am I doing wrong?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<businesscards>
<Card>

<employeeName>Suzan Reed</employeeName>
<employeePosition>Director of Marketing</employeePosition>
<employeeAddressln1>506 SE 72nd Avenue</employeeAddressln1>
<employeeAddressln2>Portland, Oregon 97215</employeeAddressln2>
<employeePhone>503-481-5858 direct</employeePhone>
<employeeEmail>[email protected]</employeeEmail>
</Card>
<Card>

<employeeName>Gabriel Powell</employeeName>
<employeePosition>Senior Training Director</employeePosition>
<employeeAddressln1>25 NW 23rd Place, Suite 6-122</employeeAddressln1>
<employeeAddressln2>Portland, Oregon 97210</employeeAddressln2>
<employeePhone>503-515-5404 direct</employeePhone>
<employeeEmail>[email protected]</employeeEmail>
</Card>
<Card>

<employeeName>Dale Erwing</employeeName>
<employeePosition>Trainer</employeePosition>
<employeeAddressln1>5131 Buffalo Ave. #20</employeeAddressln1>
<employeeAddressln2>Sherman Oaks, CA 91423</employeeAddressln2>
<employeePhone>310-795-8943 cell</employeePhone>
<employeeEmail>[email protected]</employeeEmail>
</Card>
<Card>

<employeeName>Jim Conner</employeeName>
<employeePosition>Trainer</employeePosition>
<employeeAddressln1>25 NW 23rd Place, Suite 6-122</employeeAddressln1>
<employeeAddressln2>Portland, Oregon 97210</employeeAddressln2>
<employeePhone>503-515-2376 cell</employeePhone>
<employeeEmail>[email protected]</employeeEmail>
</Card>
</businesscards>
Thanks in advance

It worked! thanks ... But...
But only if I don't apply to the Master when I apply to the master all the other cards have the same content as the first of the XML. :(
Even when I try to create multiple pages (cards) with no Master page (too time consuming), I can't figure out a way of having the other cards filed with the remaining data of the XML. :(
I don't want to drag the elements one by one to every single card (they are so many...)
Is there a way of having the structure organized in a way to have indesign auto populate and auto create pages?
thanks for any kind of advice.

Full text search with XML input in Oracle

Hi,
I need to develope a web application which can do full text search for a library. We will use XML as the input data format and stored XML file in Oracle. How can I do full text search to the XML according todifferent tags or elements. e.g search from title or from article.
Do not only convert XML to Ascii and do the full text search. It should utilize the XML tag and structure.
InterMedia text in 8i or Oracle text in 9i? Or any other toolkit?
Thanks a lot
Jack

Please refer to Oracle Text documentation

Need help with XML transformation

I am not sure this is the right place for this. But i will try it here. I am very troubled with my XSLT. Trying to transform a text Coupon which has the following html for it. So,
_1. INPUT is:_
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>

This coupon is for a good guy whose first name is :




Sadd




also whose <var>full_name</var> is Sadd Hossain




He is a software engineer for
S&H

</body>
</html>
*2. output needed is:*
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<POSMESSAGE>
<TextMSG >
This coupon is for a good guy whose first name is :
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG >
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG align="center">
<emph>SADD</emph>
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG >
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG align="right" >
also whose full_name is Sadd Hossain
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG>
</TextMSG>
<TextMSG align="left" >
He is a software engineer
for S&H
</TextMSG>
</POSMESSAGE>
*3. XSLT for this*
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="body">
<POSMESSAGE>
<xsl:for-each select="p">
<TextMSG>

<xsl:attribute name="align"><xsl:value-of select="@align"/></xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute name="font"><xsl:value-of select="@size"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</TextMSG>
<xsl:for-each select="b">
<emph>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</emph>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</POSMESSAGE>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
*4: the above xslt generating this output*
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<POSMESSAGE><TextMSG align="" font="">
This coupon is for a good guy whose first name is :
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="" font="">
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="center" font="">
SADD
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="center" font="">
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="right" font="">
also whose full_name is Sadd Hossain
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="left" font="">
</TextMSG><TextMSG align="left" font="">
He is a software engineer
for S&H
</
*5: Need help with this. what should my xslt look like to get the desired output???????????????*
any help or direction will be very much appreciated. Thank you_

I have below suggestions:
1. Please use code option given in message editor toolbar for posting any formatted content like XML, Java code snippet etc.
2. replace & in your source XML with _& a m p ;_ (Without spaces, I have put spaces to make it visible here).
3. I have modified your XSLT according output XML you have given. I am not sure what you want to do with some elements like , , <var> etc. change below XSLT as you require for these elements.
Modified XSLT:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
 <xsl:output method="xml"/>
 <xsl:template match="body">
 <POSMESSAGE>
 <xsl:for-each select="p">
 <TextMSG>
 <xsl:if test=". != ''">
 <xsl:for-each select="@align">
 <xsl:attribute name="align">
 <xsl:value-of select="."></xsl:value-of>
 </xsl:attribute>
 </xsl:for-each>
 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
 </xsl:if>
 </TextMSG>
 </xsl:for-each>
 </POSMESSAGE>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
OUTPUT:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<POSMESSAGE>
 <TextMSG>This coupon is for a good guy whose first name is :</TextMSG>
 <TextMSG/>
 <TextMSG align="center">Sadd</TextMSG>
 <TextMSG/>
 <TextMSG align="right">alsowhose full_name is Sadd Hossain</TextMSG>
 <TextMSG/>
 <TextMSG align="left">He is a softwareengineer forS&H</TextMSG>
</POSMESSAGE>

Help with XML - AS 3.0

Hello everybody. I decided to start working with XML since it allows me to load assets externally and edit my applications later very easily without having to edit the fla file itself. So today I watched and read a few tutorials and now I'm trying to build an Event Scroll, all through XML and AS 3.0 code. Basically what I want is to have several events inside a movieclip which I will incorporate into a scroll pane when I'm done, for now I'll focus on extracting data from the XML file and parsing it with AS 3.0. The layout is simple: a thumbnail image on the left, and beside it on the right there is the title of the event, its date and some info about it and all of these should have a dark grey background while the text is in white. Each two events are 30 pixels apart and there are 5 events for now.
Ok enough talking now let's get to the code:
XML Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EVENTSXML>
 <EVENT>
 <TITLE> Event 1</TITLE>
 <DATE>12/04/2009</DATE>
 <THUMB>thumb0.jpg</THUMB>
 <INFO> Some Text Goes Here </INFO>
 </EVENT>
 <EVENT>
 <TITLE>Event 2</TITLE>
 <DATE>03/02/2009</DATE>
 <THUMB>thumb1.jpg</THUMB>
 <INFO>Some Text Goes Here</INFO>
 </EVENT>
 <EVENT>
 <TITLE>Event 3</TITLE>
 <DATE>18/11/2008</DATE>
 <THUMB>thumb2.jpg</THUMB>
 <INFO>Some Text Goes Here</INFO>
 </EVENT>
 <EVENT>
 <TITLE>Event 4</TITLE>
 <DATE>10/09/2008</DATE>
 <THUMB>thumb3.jpg</THUMB>
 <INFO>Some Text Goes Here</INFO>
 </EVENT>
 <EVENT>
 <TITLE>Event 5</TITLE>
 <DATE>06/08/2008</DATE>
 <THUMB>thumb4.jpg</THUMB>
 <INFO>Some Text Goes Here</INFO>
 </EVENT>
</EVENTSXML>
Actionscript 3.0 Code:
var myXML:XML;
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("events.xml");
var ldr:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
ldr.load(req);
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
function processXML(e:Event):void
 myXML = new XML(e.target.data);
 buildEvents(myXML.EVENT);
var eventScroll:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
var padding:Number = 30;
this.addChild(eventScroll);
eventScroll.x = eventScroll.y = padding;
function buildEvents(evnts:XMLList):void
 for(var i:uint = 0; i <evnts.length(); i++) {
 var eventData:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
 eventData.y = (20 + padding) * i;
 eventData.itemNum = i;
 eventData.title = evnts[i].TITLE;
 eventData.date = evnts[i].DATE;
 eventData.thumb = evnts[i].THUMB;
 eventData.info = evnts[i].INFO;
 // thumb container
 thisThumb:Sprite = new Sprite();
 var ldr:Loader = new Loader()
 var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(eventData.thumb);
 ldr.load(req);
 thisThumb.addChild(ldr);
 eventData.addChild(thisThumb);
 eventScroll.addChild(eventData);
now I am stuck there... the application is not done yet and when I publish the file I keep getting errors, these are the errors:
1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type flash.display:Sprite to an unrelated type Class.
Source: thisThumb:Sprite = new Sprite();
1188: Illegal assignment to class Sprite.
Source: thisThumb:Sprite = new Sprite();
1120: Access of undefined property thisThumb.
Source: thisThumb.addChild(ldr);
1120: Access of undefined property thisThumb.
Source: eventData.addChild(thisThumb);
1119: Access of possibly undefined property contentLoaderInfo through a reference with static type flash.net:URLLoader.
Source: ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
So where did I go wrong and how can I carry on with my code to finish my application?
P.S: I do not want someone to do it for me, so in case someone decided to help me out, please comment and explain your code because this application is for learning porpuses in the first place... Thanks in advance!

oh I've just noticed one little problem, in my info field, the text doesn't break and start a new line, it just keeps going horizontally although I've set it to multiline and gave it a width and height... so what shall I do to fix this problem? here's the code:
var infoF:TextField = new TextField();
 infoF.text = eventData.info;
 infoF.x = 250;
 infoF.y = dateF.y + padding;
 infoF.multiline = true;
 infoF.width = 200;
 infoF.height = 100;
 addChild(infoF);

Oracle Text - Problem with filtering binary documents (.doc, .pdf, etc...)

Hi, I have a problem with filtering binary documents (.doc, .pdf, etc...). I use SQL*PLUS for remote access to Oracle 10.2 on Linux and I create table:
CREATE TABLE test (id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, text VARCHAR2(100));
I insert to this table:
INSERT into test values(1, 'PATH/text1.doc‘);
INSERT into test values(2,'PATH/text2.doc‘);
and then:
CREATE INDEX test_index ON test(text) indextype is ctxsys.context
parameters (’datastore ctxsys.file_datastore
filter ctxsys.auto_filter’);
Message "Index created" is displayed, but objects: DR$test_index$I, DR$test_index$K, DR$test_index$N, DR$test_index$R and DR$test_index$P are empty => index wasn´t created probably.
I don´t know, where is bug, either bug is somewhere in this code or on the server (wrong installation oracle or constraint privileges). Do you know in what is bug?

The following is an excerpt from the 10g online documentation. Note the items that I have put in bold.
"FILE_DATASTORE
The FILE_DATASTORE type is used for text stored in files accessed through the local file system.
Note:
FILE_DATASTORE may not work with certain types of remote mounted file systems.
FILE_DATASTORE has the following attribute(s):
Table 2-4 FILE_DATASTORE Attributes
Attribute Attribute Value
path path1:path2:pathn
path
Specify the full directory path name of the files stored externally in a file system. When you specify the full directory path as such, you need only include file names in your text column.
You can specify multiple paths for path, with each path separated by a colon (:) on UNIX and semicolon(;) on Windows. File names are stored in the text column in the text table.
If you do not specify a path for external files with this attribute, Oracle Text requires that the path be included in the file names stored in the text column.
PATH Attribute Limitations
The PATH attribute has the following limitations:
If you specify a PATH attribute, you can only use a simple filename in the indexed column. You cannot combine the PATH attribute with a path as part of the filename. If the files exist in multiple folders or directories, you must leave the PATH attribute unset, and include the full file name, with PATH, in the indexed column.
On Windows systems, the files must be located on a local drive. They cannot be on a remote drive, whether the remote drive is mapped to a local drive letter."
With accessible paths and files, you get something like:
SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE TABLE test (id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, text VARCHAR2(100));
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> INSERT into test values(1,'c:\oracle11g\banana.pdf');
1 row created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g> INSERT into test values(2,'c:\oracle11g\cranberry.pdf');
1 row created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE INDEX test_index ON test(text) indextype is ctxsys.context
2 parameters ('datastore ctxsys.file_datastore
3 filter ctxsys.auto_filter');
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> select count(*) from dr$test_index$i
2 /
COUNT(*)
608
SCOTT@orcl_11g> In the following, I used a non-existent path and non-existent file name, which produces the same results as when you use a remote path that does not exist locally.
SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE TABLE test (id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, text VARCHAR2(100));
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> INSERT into test values(3,'c:\nosuchpath\nosuchfile.pdf');
1 row created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> CREATE INDEX test_index ON test(text) indextype is ctxsys.context
2 parameters ('datastore ctxsys.file_datastore
3 filter ctxsys.auto_filter');
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11g>
SCOTT@orcl_11g> select count(*) from dr$test_index$i
2 /
COUNT(*)
0
SCOTT@orcl_11g>

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HEre is my sql
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sessiontimezone
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http://dba-oracle.com/t_oracle_daylight_saving_time_dst_date_conversion.htm
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