Oracle text search with boolean operators

Question

I have the following query where I am searching text in xmlpath, this is in continuation with this post Oracle text search on multiple tables and joins

I would like to use AND, OR boolean operators for searching, I have tried as mentioned in this document http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14259/xdb09sea.htm#CBBBHJJJ

SELECT * FROM my_mv
WHERE contains(testindexcol, '{smith AND CATHY} INPATH (/helper)') > 0;

however it doesn't return any results, how can I use boolean operators like AND, OR with Oracle Text search?

Answer 1

In your query, you escaped the operators by enclosing them in curly brackets:

{smith AND CATHY}

Try moving them outside, i.e.,

{smith} AND {CATHY}