Re: Loose comparison
- From: "C4D - Kim Madsen" <kbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (kbmMW/kbmMemTable/kbmWABD/kbmX10)>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:46:09 +0200
Hi,
Google for 'ngram'.
Ive used this to do lookups on handwritten addresses with great success.
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Kim Madsen
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"SteveW" <Stevewarby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse news:42e7a7e2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We collect vehicle registration numbers eg V5LTG N806FCH etc from tickets and manually enter them into the database.
> We are now automating the system whereby clients enter the details online or are sent via pocket pcs.
>
> The problem is we are ending up with duplicate entries because some intuprits a 5 as an S an 0 as O etc. eg W520HYT
> becomes WS20HYT and we end up with two entries for the same vehicle.
>
> The data actually arrives twice. The top hard copy is sent by the client the carbon copy is sent by our staff
> therefore we to check to see if the registration is already on the database.
>
> Is there a fuzzy compare routine / component that could bring back results from the existing database and the client
> could then make an informed decision about the data.
>
> Cheers
>
> SteveW
>
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