Hi. I use hibernate and Oracle 10. My source code for search : Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(tabla.getClass()); Example example = Example.create(tabla).ignoreCase(); criteria.add(example); ScrollableResults cursor = criteria.scroll(); In my bd I have: TABLE_COLUMN até ATE ATÉ ate If i find by "ate" string I obtain ate and ATE but I also want to obtain até and ATÉ ¿how can I do that? In oracle using regexp_like and alter session set NLS_SORT I can do that but with hibernate i don't know. Thanks