Fuzzy / Full-text/ Soundex searching...

From: Jonathan Neve (jonathan_at_!nospam!microtec.fr)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:16:06 +0200

Hi all,

I don't have any experience with Fuzzy / Full-text/ Soundex searching,
and I'm kind of wondering what the difference is between these three.
I'm also looking for a tool that can allow me to do this sort of thing
with FB/IB (I've found several, but I'd like your advice).

What I need, is to be able to look up in my table all records similar to
a certain string (type in by the end-user), allowing for spelling
mistakes, and such like. It has to sound similar, but not necessarily
exactly the same. Also, the text will be French, so it has to work
correctly with this.

What would you recommend in this situation?

BTW, I use IB 6.0 and Fibplus/BDE.

Thanks!
Jonathan Neve.

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