Thanks Hugh, The quotes work. Also is there a way to do exact matches with bif:contains, for example a query to get all the people whose name is exactly "jack jill".
Kunal Hugh Williams <hwilli...@openlinksw.com> wrote: Hi Kunal, The following query should work: select * from <people> where {?s foaf:Name ?name . ?name bif:contains "'jack jill'" .} Note the addition of single quotes within the double quotes which is how we handle phrases in bif:contains. Best Regards Hugh Wiilliams Professional Services OpenLink Software On 24 Apr 2008, at 21:41, Kunal Patel wrote: Hi, How can I use bif:contains predicate for a string value with multiple words. For example when I run the following query it works fine, select * from <people> where {?s foaf:Name ?name . ?name bif:contains "jack" .} But trying to run the query below doesn't work. select * from <people> where {?s foaf:Name ?name . ?name bif:contains "jack jill" .} Kunal --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone_______________________________________________ Virtuoso-devel mailing list virtuoso-de...@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtuoso-devel --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.