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Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB
Date 2016-03-22 21:53 +0100
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
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Mike Mellen wrote:

> On 3/22/2016 3:31 AM, bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
>> ...sorry, I'm a little confused -  do levenshtein() and  similar_text()
>> ship WITH MySQL?
> 
> No, but there are PHP levenshtein() and similar_text() functions. There
> is a soundex() function in mySQL, which is why I suggested it.

AISB, from the OP follows that Soundex is not the correct solution here.

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Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-17 10:16 -0700
  Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-17 13:34 -0400
  Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-03-17 18:37 +0100
  Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-03-17 14:53 -0400
    Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Dr Eberhard Lisse <nospam@lisse.NA> - 2016-03-22 16:35 +0200
  Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-17 16:27 -0400
    Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-21 11:09 -0700
      Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-03-21 14:22 -0400
      Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2016-03-21 19:24 +0100
      Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-21 14:30 -0400
        Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-21 23:04 +0100
          Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-22 00:31 -0700
            Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-22 10:15 -0400
              Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-22 21:53 +0100
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-23 13:26 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-25 00:03 -0700
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-25 11:52 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-25 19:26 +0100
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-25 15:51 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-25 21:52 +0100
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-03-25 20:20 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-03-25 12:11 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-25 08:49 +0100
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB gordonb.3vp6x@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2016-03-26 13:44 -0500
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-03-27 12:42 -0700
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Mike Mellen <mmellen@intellikey.com> - 2016-03-28 15:02 -0400
                Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-28 01:48 +0200
            Re: Fuzzy searching inside a MySQL DB Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-22 21:50 +0100

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