Difference between revisions of "SOUNDEX"
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SELECT fieldname FROM libraryname/filename WHERE SOUNDEX{fieldname) = SOUNDEX('prtsit') ORDER BY fieldname | SELECT fieldname FROM libraryname/filename WHERE SOUNDEX{fieldname) = SOUNDEX('prtsit') ORDER BY fieldname | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 26 June 2006
The SQL function SOUNDEX can find a character string for which the sound is known, but the exact spelling is not. For example, the following searches the file for a name that sounds like prtsit and returns the name Pritchett.
From Command Line or equivalent
SELECT fieldname FROM libraryname/filename WHERE SOUNDEX{fieldname) = SOUNDEX('prtsit') ORDER BY fieldname
