You might want to start with the soundex function.
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"Martin Buhl" <mbr_at_bankinvest.dk> wrote in message
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> Hey Everybody
>
> I need to do some fuzzy matching of new data and the data allready in
> the db, before updating the db.
> I wonder if I can find any PL SQL fuzzy match functions written by
> other programmers that I could use.
> What is the easiest way to implement fuzzymatching with ORACL ?
>
> My only other choice (as I see it) is to select all data form the db
> and bring it to the client and then run it through a fuzzy match
> function that I write my self in C++.
> I would really like to avoid this practice.
>
> So if anybody knows what the easiest way to do server side fuzzy
> matching with oracle is, your help will be appreciated.
>
>
> file://Martin
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Received on Sun Jun 04 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
