June 20, 2014 at 7:33 am
I need a query or procedure which will take FIRST_NAME, MIDDLE_NAME, and LAST_NAME as inputs and produce a list of similar names.
For example, 'Thomas', 'Woodrow', and 'Wilson' would produce a list which might include
Thos. W. Wilson
Tom Wilson
Thomas Wilsen
Woodrow Wilsen
etc.
Does anyone know of a query or procedure which does this?
Thanks,
Tom
June 20, 2014 at 7:38 am
trapnell (6/20/2014)
I need a query or procedure which will take FIRST_NAME, MIDDLE_NAME, and LAST_NAME as inputs and produce a list of similar names.For example, 'Thomas', 'Woodrow', and 'Wilson' would produce a list which might include
Thos. W. Wilson
Tom Wilson
Thomas Wilsen
Woodrow Wilsen
etc.
Does anyone know of a query or procedure which does this?
Thanks,
Tom
You might want to take a look at SOUNDEX and DIFFERENCE.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187384.aspx
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