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> I have a feeling I am going to be working on this one for a while...
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> One of my more demanding clients is asking for a name matching solution on
> the cheap. What it needs to do is find where a name 'sounds like' another
> name, even if it is in another language (including Middle Eastern and
> Oriental names). In addition, I need to be able to eliminate false positives
> wherever possible, in order to come up with the most consise list of
> matches.
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> I really don't know where to start. SQL Server and Oracle both offer soundex
> support, which I suppose could be used to generate some values for
> comparisons. But I am not sure how this would work when different languages
> come into play.
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> Does anyone have / know of any books / resources / advice on how to do this?
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