Hello I'm run a family/pedigree database with about 250.000 records of dogs. The dogs are mostly (to 90%) searched by name. To find similar records I have my own 'soundex' colums wich is searched and ofcourse indexed. table dog id int4 (indexed) name varchar soundex varchar (indexed) fatherid int4 (indexed) motherid int4 (indexed) My problem is: I want to search for my own definition of soundex. Thats why I have my own soundex column. Question: - Is there a way to define my very own soundex or string-translation funktion? - Can I build an index on an self defined function? - Can I even define my own function without compiling mysql? Because my Provider wouldn't let me do this. Thank for answering Gunnar von Boehn --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
