Richard, If MySQL cannot do it natively then you have this functionality also built right into CF with SOLR. Check this
http://bloggeraroundthecorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/searching-for-synonyms.html <http://bloggeraroundthecorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/searching-for-synonyms.html> Russ On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:42 PM, andy matthews <[email protected]>wrote: > > You could look into using SOUNDEX in MySQL. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard White [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:27 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Synonym Dictionary > > > Hi, > > We use ColdFusion and MySQL (innodb) in our applications and when users > search for data we want it to also find records containing related words / > synonyms. > > What is the best way to achieve this? > > Thanks > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
