>>>Hello all...
>>>I have two tables. One contains search criterion. The other contains the text to be searched. The problem is that the search criterion is not going to match exactly. The second table is built through human data entry. Thus I get all kinds of wierd stuff. AnyOne have any ideas or resources for a project of this nature?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Tom Welch
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>>Tom,
>>
>>I have a pretty cool class that does pattern matching that I can e-mail you if you want.
>
> I have done some work for a mail order company that finds customers that 'almost' match. It parses out uninterrupted string in the address fields and places each string in a giant table.
> Furthermore, it identifies where a customer's zip/postal code is when no zip/postal code is entered.
>
>Would you like to take a look at it?
>
>Could you email me your class?

I'd love to see it!

jweil@invlink.com