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1. Comparing two sql strings

Hi,

I have two varchar strings I want to compare and then generate a probablity
statistic that they are the same.  The columns contain names of companies
and I am cleaning up a very messy table

I may have

for instance suppose the two strings are:

string 1:
First National Bank of Boston

string 2
1st  Bank of Boston

Assume these two entities are actually the same and the difference is due to
input error. I would want a high score for these two strings.

I wrote a t-sql function that parses out one string 1 and then performs a
CHARINDEX function on string_1 and string_2 in a loop. Each time a word is
matched I derive a score, I even score words a little differently; "and',
"the", "of" etc. receive a small score where other words recieve larger
scores. This works, but it TAKES FOREVER.

I have tried soundex and difference, but I don't like this approach too
much - the scores aren't to reliable.

Any suggestions/

Thanks

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