Hi Hakan, HK> i remember something that you need a special index with locales<>"C". HK> You nned a different operator class for this index smth. like: HK> CREATE INDEX idx_image_title HK> ON image HK> USING btree HK> (title varchar_pattern_ops); I also forgot that, thanks a lot for the hint. that speeded up my searches a lot! Best regards Manuel
