David McAfee
DMcAfee at haascnc.com
Tue Oct 21 19:36:41 CDT 2003
Its an MS SQL function. Open QA, type in SOUNDEX, high light the word and press SHIFT+F1. Helps covers it a bit. D -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:32 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] "fuzzy logic" search Hmmm soundex would be good though. Do you have this function? Is it a class, a single function? How does it work? John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:20 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] "fuzzy logic" search John, I've received this kind of request before and I looked into it once. The fuzzy logic math was way, way beyond my grasp, so I settled for offering alternatives like soundex on the names. I created a customized soundex that used a number for leading vowels rather than the standard "vowel followed by number" pattern, so that if they misspelled a name with a leading vowel, there were still possible matches. But SSN? I mean, think of it. If a SSN has 9 digits, any one of which can repeat, how do you determine a mismatch by up to 2 characters? WHICH 2 characters? Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 4:06 PM To: AccessD Subject: [AccessD] "fuzzy logic" search My client is having difficulties where the data input people are entering duplicate claims because wrong names or SSNs are entered. He's asked how difficult it would be to do a search for the names entered (seems irrelevant if it is wrong) but then has asked how difficult it would be to do a "fuzzy logic" search for SSNs that are different by up to 2 characters. I don't even have a clue how to attack something like that. Any ideas (other than "out the door, no parachute")? John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com