# How to use ES for Content based search on Documents stored in Oracle Database

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-for-content-based-search-on-documents-stored-in-oracle-database/227727
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-for-content-based-search-on-documents-stored-in-oracle-database/227727 "2020-04-13T05:07:06Z")
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### Author: ![Kumar\_Priyadarshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar_priyadarshi/32/65705_2.png) [@Kumar\_Priyadarshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kumar_Priyadarshi)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-for-content-based-search-on-documents-stored-in-oracle-database/227727/1 "2020-04-13T05:07:06Z")

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Hi  
I am new to ES. I am trying to find out how ES can be used to search Contents(pdf,word file) Stored in Oracle Database.Can you please help me suggest how we can achieve this.

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-for-content-based-search-on-documents-stored-in-oracle-database/227727/2 "2020-04-13T06:06:21Z")

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You need to extract the text from the binary file.  
You can use the ingest attachment plugin for this.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-es-for-content-based-search-on-documents-stored-in-oracle-database/227727/3 "2020-05-11T06:06:31Z")

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