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 04:14, 28 May 2005
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
STRSQL
SELECT fieldname FROM libraryname/filename WHERE SOUNDEX{fieldname) = SOUNDEX('prtsit') ORDER BY fieldname
