postgresql/contrib/soundex
2000-06-16 18:59:30 +00:00
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Makefile Cleanup README Makefile installs. 2000-06-16 18:59:30 +00:00
README /contrib patch from Karel. 2000-06-15 18:55:34 +00:00
soundex.c
soundex.sql.in /contrib patch from Karel. 2000-06-15 18:55:34 +00:00

SELECT text_soundex('hello world!');

CREATE TABLE s (nm text)\g

insert into s values ('john')\g
insert into s values ('joan')\g
insert into s values ('wobbly')\g

select * from s
where text_soundex(nm) = text_soundex('john')\g

select nm from s a, s b
where text_soundex(a.nm) = text_soundex(b.nm)
and a.oid <> b.oid\g

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_eq(text, text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) = text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql'\g

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_lt(text,text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) < text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql'\g

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_gt(text,text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) > text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql';

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_le(text,text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) <= text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql';

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_ge(text,text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) >= text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql';

CREATE FUNCTION text_sx_ne(text,text) RETURNS bool AS
'select text_soundex($1) <> text_soundex($2)'
LANGUAGE 'sql';

DROP OPERATOR #= (text,text)\g

CREATE OPERATOR #= (leftarg=text, rightarg=text, procedure=text_sx_eq,
commutator=text_sx_eq)\g

SELECT *
FROM s
WHERE text_sx_eq(nm,'john')\g

SELECT *
from s
where s.nm #= 'john';