tony@oha.UUCP (Tony Olekshy) (12/16/89)
In message <488@hades.OZ>, ing@hades.OZ (Ian Gold) writes: > > I am looking for a 'soundex' routine in C (or C++). Well, someone already posted the routine, but let me relate a little story to you. I grabbed a version of the soundex code and added a soundex index and search capability to a pupil search query in a test scoring application. Only took an hour. We thought it pretty cool on our test data, but our client was in (deep) southern California, and *most* of the pupils last names were of Spanish derivation! (PS: the soundex table is for English pronounciation.) PPS: The soundex tables can, of course, be tuned for pronunciation. Watch out for Chinese characters. Have fun. 3 P S: Those ^v^ things are supposed to be Robot moving its arms in and out. 4 P S: I never did like that show. -- Yours, etc., Tony Olekshy (...!alberta!oha!tony or tony@oha.UUCP).
SLORES@umiami.miami.edu (Stanislaw L. Olejniczak) (12/21/89)
In article <393@oha.UUCP>, tony@oha.UUCP (Tony Olekshy) writes: > I grabbed a version of the soundex code and added a soundex index > and search capability to a pupil search query in a test scoring application. > ...but our client > was in (deep) southern California, and *most* of the pupils last names were of > Spanish derivation! While the soundex was derived for Anglo-Saxon names, the Florida Cancer Data System, the Florida State CAncer Registry, is using soundex quite effectively in their database maintenance; and I don't have to (though I will :-) ) tell you that Hispanic surnames abound here. ---- Stan Olejniczak Internet: slores@umiami.miami.edu University of Miami, FL USA UUCP: (temp void) gould!umbio!solejni SLORES@UMIAMI.BITNET UUCP: (?) umigw!gables!slores Voice: (305) 547-6571 FAX: (305) 548-4612 My opinions cannot possibly represent the views of anyone else!