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I have found a way to implement a fuzzy search on the web.<br>
If anyone is interested to try it they can go to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ohleb9.aljex.com/fpmerge/finder.htm">http://ohleb9.aljex.com/fpmerge/finder.htm</a> and enter anything to
search by.<br>
It is setup to show 102 results.<br>
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The truly remarkable thing is the database it is searching has over
17,000 records and yet it takes only a second or two. (There is an
index built on the company names.)<br>
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If anyone wants the source code I can make it available.<br>
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Here is how it works:<br>
The printer output is set to a file.<br>
Then the following code is then executed: <br>
<img src="cid:part1.0EBEBDED.E5A99815@aljex.com" alt=""><br>
The pushkeys do a hardcopy of the first set of results then a down
tab to get the next results until all 100 fuzzy results are sent to
the file.<br>
This program exits and the calling program then reads the results
back and shows them on an html document.<br>
In production I also capture the record number and let the user
press enter on any company to move to its record.<br>
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I hope someone finds this technique useful.<br>
Howie<br>
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