Re: Using Lucene to find duplicate/similar names

see the other recommendations. -Grant On Apr 16, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Andy DePue wrote: I'm new to Lucene, and would like to use it to find duplicate (or similar) names in a contact list. Is Lucene a good fit? We have a form where a user enters a company or person's name, and we want the s

Using Lucene to find duplicate/similar names

I'm new to Lucene, and would like to use it to find duplicate (or similar) names in a contact list. Is Lucene a good fit? We have a form where a user enters a company or person's name, and we want the system to warn them if there is already a company or person entered with the same or similar n