stripping, stemming, spelling corrections ? ... uhm, that's probably why they invented regular expressions, isn't it? As I said, at the end of the day, this will be a manual slow, potentially wrong implementation of what we already have and use on daily basis. But obviously, everybody is free to create his own problems, no doubts about that. Regards > Has anyone considered deploying an actual search engine (Solr, Sphinx, > etc.), as they will take care of the stripping, stemming, spelling > corrections, etc? _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gallery-edit.aspx