On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>...
> I remember reading of a set of functions that convert words and phrases
> into soundex thingy's. Using this set of functions I'd store a soundex
> thingy so searches could be on this instead of the actual name.
>
> Is anyone on the list aware of someone building these functions so they
> are usable in triggers? (Of course I'm now thinking I've seen mention of
> soundex being a part of PostgreSQL. Go figure!)
> Any pointers or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Rod
Try looking in the contrib/soundex directory of the distribution (I'm
using 6.4.2)
I have done a similar thing using triggers and it works fine. I can't
get at the code right now, but email me if you want it.
Rob
