PT

This function returns the preferred term of a phrase as recorded in the specified thesaurus.

Syntax 1: Table Result

CTX_THES.PT(restab IN OUT NOCOPY EXP_TAB,
            phrase IN VARCHAR2,
            tname  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'DEFAULT')
RETURN varchar2;

Syntax 2: String Result

CTX_THES.PT(phrase IN VARCHAR2,
            tname  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'DEFAULT')
RETURN varchar2;

restab

Optionally, specify the name of the expansion table to store the results. This table must be of type EXP_TAB which the system defines as follows:

type exp_rec is record (
    xrel varchar2(12),
    xlevel number,
    xphrase varchar2(256)
);
type exp_tab is table of exp_rec index by binary_integer;

See Also: “CTX_THES Result Tables and Data Types” in Oracle Text Result Tables for more information about EXP_TAB.

phrase

Specify a phrase to lookup in thesaurus.

tname

Specify thesaurus name. If not specified, system default thesaurus is used.

Returns

This function returns the preferred term as a string in the form:

{pt}

Example

Consider a thesaurus MY_THES with the following preferred term definition for automobile:

AUTOMOBILE
  PT CAR

To look up the preferred term for automobile, execute the following code:

declare
  terms varchar2(2000);
begin
  terms := ctx_thes.pt('AUTOMOBILE','MY_THES');
  dbms_output.put_line('The preferred term for automobile is: '||terms);
end;

“OUTPUT_STYLE”

“Preferred Term (PT)”