Jonah H. Harris wrote:
I'm willing to move soundex and metaphone into the backend.
Does anyone see a reason not to do so?
As a kinda strange reason, I like them in contrib because
they demonstrate a nice simple example of how one can write a
contrib extension.
This module has simple functions
Tom Lane wrote:
"Jonah H. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm willing
to move soundex and metaphone into the backend. Does anyone see a
reason not to do so?
Is it really ready for prime time? For one thing, a quick
"Jonah H. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm willing
> to move soundex and metaphone into the backend. Does anyone see a
> reason not to do so?
Is it really ready for prime time? For one thing, a quick look shows no
evidence o
Jonah H. Harris wrote:
At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm
willing to move soundex and metaphone into the backend. Does anyone
see a reason not to do so?
I take it you mean apart from the fact that soundex is horribly limited
and out of data and probably nobo
Peter,
I don't disagree with you that a more generalized function would also be
good, just that soundex is common and would be helpful if it were built-in.
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Jonah H. Harris wrote:
At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm
willing to move soun
Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm
> willing to move soundex and metaphone into the backend. Does anyone
> see a reason not to do so?
Soundex is really only useful for English names with English
pronunciation. If we were to adapt a phonetic
At a minimum I think we should support soundex in the core. I'm willing
to move soundex and metaphone into the backend. Does anyone see a
reason not to do so?
Douglas McNaught wrote:
"Jonah H. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hey everyone,
I've been working with a couple people who
"Jonah H. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I've been working with a couple people who didn't know that soundex
> and metaphone were included in the distribution as contrib modules.
> While it's their fault that they didn't check contrib, soundex is
> pretty common among data
Hey everyone,
I've been working with a couple people who didn't know that soundex and
metaphone were included in the distribution as contrib modules. While
it's their fault that they didn't check contrib, soundex is pretty
common among database systems and I was wondering if there was a reaso
