Re: anyone have any soundex scripts?

From: <JApplewhite_at_austin.isd.tenet.edu>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:11:11 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.005ADDAE.20030609115457@fatcity.com>

You might consider an interMedia Text index on the column(s) of interest. The interMedia Fuzzy Search and scoring functionality (and others) may prove more flexible than Soundex.

Jack C. Applewhite
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I was on a project a few years ago where we used a soundex algorithm to determine and eliminte duplicate data.

For example we would have:

301 Fairfield Lane
301 Faerfield Lane

Notice the typo? The soundex algorithm caught it. Unfortunately I forgot to grab a copy before I left. Everytime I do a google search on soundex I get a theory website explaining the math behind it.

anyone have one written? or know where I can find one? It is incredibly useful.

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