Monday, March 20, 2006
Proximity and "fuzzy" searching
As of 2006, the ASP.NET framework does not support proximity or fuzzy search, although Microsoft does provide these capabilities in SQL Server and Office automation. For data that can be characterized phonetically, Adam Nelson has released a codeset, available at http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/dmetaphone5.asp, implementing the Double Metaphone algorithm developed by Lawrence Phillips. This algorithm is most effective for English.
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