Re[2]: When do we get to request new features?

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texte = Fuzzy searching is such a buzzword; none of the implementations of inexactmatching I know of use anything like fuzzy logic. The ones I am aware of usesimple rules to extract the root of the search term(s) in order to perform asearch against the database. If you are talking about regular expressionswithin a search, I am all in favor of that; just getting regular expressionswould be a major plus.I can recommend some books on fuzzy logic, if you are really interested. It isnot for the math impaired, however.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: When do we get to request new features? Author: Date: 12/10/99 9:24 AMOn 12/10/99 4:08 AM, Laurent Pladys wrote:>Why not a system that ranks result with a percentage ? It will be useful >when searching multiple field at once to be able to built a visual clue >of how well the search perform for each line of result, like in search >engines...What about fuzzy searching?Robert Minor___________________________________________________________________________CyberMill Communications voice 314-962-40248616 Joseph Ave http://www.cybermill.com/St. Louis, MO 63144 email: webmaster@cybermill.com___________________________________________________________________________Purveyors of fine Websites and Webhosting services.#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re[2]: When do we get to request new features? (jpeacock@univpress.com 1999)

Fuzzy searching is such a buzzword; none of the implementations of inexactmatching I know of use anything like fuzzy logic. The ones I am aware of usesimple rules to extract the root of the search term(s) in order to perform asearch against the database. If you are talking about regular expressionswithin a search, I am all in favor of that; just getting regular expressionswould be a major plus.I can recommend some books on fuzzy logic, if you are really interested. It isnot for the math impaired, however.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: When do we get to request new features? Author: Date: 12/10/99 9:24 AMOn 12/10/99 4:08 AM, Laurent Pladys wrote:>Why not a system that ranks result with a percentage ? It will be useful >when searching multiple field at once to be able to built a visual clue >of how well the search perform for each line of result, like in search >engines...What about fuzzy searching?Robert Minor___________________________________________________________________________CyberMill Communications voice 314-962-40248616 Joseph Ave http://www.cybermill.com/St. Louis, MO 63144 email: webmaster@cybermill.com___________________________________________________________________________Purveyors of fine Websites and Webhosting services.#############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to jpeacock@univpress.com

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