Gerald,

did you have a look on this solution ?
Great work !!

http://softlab.od.ua/products/ftsib/index.html

Harald

gsbrown@... wrote:

>
> Is there an IBO component that will allow me to perform a full text
> search of one specific field in all records?
>
> I am in the process of designing a db where my team can post problems
> and solutions to those problems. I want to search on the problems
> field to see if other members of the team have had a similiar problem
> and then see what their solution was to solve the problem.
>
> One alternative that I have thougt of is to create a separate table
> with a list of words and then have a linking table to the problem
> table but if I can do a text search within the one field it would
> eliminate the need for additional tables.
>
> TIA for any ideas on how to solve this process.
>
> Gerald S. Brown
>