>>Is there any solution on matter of searching across table for similar names..
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>>soundex() and DIFFERENCE() works fine for english.. And, not so fine for foreign languages (as portuguese) because the phonetic spelling is diferent
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>>On PHP we see a good one that returns similar names on a search criteria..
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>VFP works only for English; I think you must create, or search for, some UDF that does something similar for Portuguese. The idea is to assign the same digits to similar-sounding consonants. Soundex() does not include vowels.

Hi Hilmar.. Thanks for your repli..

Yeah I know about the limitation for english.. Some solution based on UDF is exactly what I've been looking for.. Do you know anyone across the web?

Claudio