First Name Search

[Guest]

I'm working on an app where I need to do a search for like and similar first
name matches. For example a search for John would bring back Jon, John,
Jonathan, etc.

Working with asp.net and sql server. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kent

 

[KJ]

Without going into a lot of detail, you definitely will want to check
out the System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex class. Also of interest
will be creating full-text indexes on SQL Server, and using some of the
special TSQL string-searching functions that get enabled on those (such
as CONTAINS).

 

[Mark Newmister]

http://www.wwwcoder.com/main/parentid/191/site/2189/68/default.aspx

 

[Guest]

I'm working on an app where I need to do a search for like and similar
first name matches. For example a search for John would bring back
Jon, John, Jonathan, etc.

You could try a SOUNDEX search... not sure how accurate it is. SOUNDEX
returns results based on word sound similarity.