Hi Michiel,

Thanks for your reply.

> I have never tried to solve it in MMBase. I have once solved it in a
> perl/mysql applications which involved storing everything twice (once
> completely stripped from accents to search in, and once the 
> real string).
> Field-Types project might provide the means to implement a 
> similar hack
> already.

A combination of database search and search on a standardised field
might do the trick. 

For instance:

When searching on "Yes":
1. use a database to search on "Y%s",
2. filter the resultset such that all the special characters are mapped
to their standard form, e.g. map all �,
�, � and � to e,
3. use a Java search in the filtered resultset on "Yes".

It doesn't sound that bad for performance. What do you think, should i
give it a try?

Regards, Henk.

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