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From:Kevin A. Burton Date:January 3 2005 7:26am
Subject:Re: use of soundex in queries
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Raphael Matthias Krug wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I need to compare names from different tables and therefore I need 
>to know the proper use of soundex. I googled for it, but could not find 
>anything useful. And select soundex('text') is no help for me.
>  
>
FYI Soundex has real problems ... use DoubleMetaphone...

Kevin

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• use of soundex in queriesRaphael Matthias Krug31 Dec
  • Re: use of soundex in queriesSGreen31 Dec
    • Re: use of soundex in queriesRaphael Matthias Krug31 Dec
      • Re: use of soundex in queriesSGreen31 Dec
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          • Re: doing SELECTS and keeping the array intact with phpPeter Brawley3 Jan
          • Re: doing SELECTS and keeping the array intact with phpSebastian Burg3 Jan
      • Re: use of soundex in queriesSasha Pachev1 Jan
        • Re: use of soundex in queriesRaphael Matthias Krug1 Jan
          • Re: use of soundex in queriesSasha Pachev14 Jan
        • Complex joining - multiple tables to oneVille Mattila3 Jan
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  • Re: use of soundex in queriesKevin A. Burton3 Jan
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