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CREATE_PHRASE

The CREATE_PHRASE procedure adds a new phrase to the specified thesaurus.

Note:
Even though you can create thesaurus relations with this procedure, Oracle recommends that you use CTX_THES.CREATE_RELATION rather than CTX_THES.CREATE_PHRASE to create relations in a thesaurus.

Syntax

CTX_THES.CREATE_PHRASE(tname   IN VARCHAR2,
                       phrase  IN VARCHAR2,
                       rel     IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
                       relname IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

tname

Specify the name of the thesaurus in which the new phrase is added or the existing phrase is located.

phrase

Specify the phrase to be added to a thesaurus or the phrase for which a new relationship is created.

rel

Specify the new relationship between phrase and relname. This parameter is supported only for backward compatibility. Use CTX_THES.CREATE_RELATION to create new relations in a thesarus.SYN (i.e. phrase is synonymous term for relname)

relname

Specify the existing phrase that is related to phrase. This parameter is supported only for backward compatibility. Use CTX_THES.CREATE_RELATION to create new relations in a thesaurus.

Returns

The ID for the entry.

Examples

Example: Creating Entries for Phrases

In this example, two new phrases (os and operating system) are created in a thesaurus named tech_thes.

begin
   ctx_thes.create_phrase('tech_thes','os');
   ctx_thes.create_phrase('tech_thes','operating system');
end;