Netezza Fuzzy String search Functions and Examples

If you ever wondered how to verify how similar or different strings are. The Netezza SQL language supports two Netezza fuzzy string search functions:  Levenshtein Edit Distance and Damerau-Levenshtein Edit Distance. You can perform the fuzzy search with help of these functions. Basically, Netezza fuzzy string search function supports a search in a form of approximate string matching that is based on the defined technique or algorithms. These functions compare two strings to show how similar or different they are. These two fuzzy functions support only VARCHAR or CHAR data…

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Netezza LEFT and RIGHT Functions

If you are migrating to Netezza from other relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server etc, then you might have noticed Netezza left and right functions are not available. There are other alternatives string functions to Netezza left and right functions, such as you can use the built in SUBSTR function or STRLEFT and STRRIGHT functions that are provided in Netezza SQL Extension tool kit. You have to download and install this SQL extension toolkit explicitly on required database. Netezza strleft Function The strleft() function returns the leftmost n characters…

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