Re: Fuzzy matching?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <joseph(dot)conway(at)home(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fuzzy matching?
Date: 2001-07-31 17:53:52
Message-ID: 200107311753.f6VHrql23432@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Sounds like you want something along the lines of soundex or metaphone? I
> don't see either function in PostgreSQL, but take a look at the PHP manual
> to see examples: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.soundex.php ,
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.metaphone.php
>

See /contrib/soundex.

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