Please start any new threads on our new site at https://forums.sqlteam.com. We've got lots of great SQL Server experts to answer whatever question you can come up with.

 All Forums
 SQL Server 2005 Forums
 Transact-SQL (2005)
 Really better soundex?

Author  Topic 

coolerbob
Aged Yak Warrior

841 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-06 : 05:51:09
Hi guys and gals (in case Tara reads this...)

We've installed this on our server:
http://microsoft.apress.com/feature/72/sql-server-soundexing

(all the udf attempts were way too slow; this uda is nice and quick)

But we have not been able to reproduce the supposed improved functionality. No matter what misspelled name we send it, soundex and soundex_nara return the same amount of clients (in a db of over half a million). The return codes are sometimes different for the two functions but it doesnt ever result in an actual difference in query results. Has anyone actually experienced a difference in returned results?

EDIT:
Have a look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-29 : 03:19:33
Already implemented here
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51540



E 12°55'05.25"
N 56°04'39.16"
Go to Top of Page
   

- Advertisement -