[ZDP] Phonetic search in zcatalog...

Shane Hathaway shane@digicool.com
Fri, 08 Dec 2000 12:54:47 -0500


Daniel Dias wrote:
> 
> hi!
> how to I implement a phonetic search in zcatalog?
> any ideas will be welcome...

I would look for something related to SOUNDEX.  It's a translation
language that converts words to an approximate, simplified phonetic
version.  For example I know my last name translated is "H300".

I wonder if ZCatalog could be made to support it natively... :-)

Shane