In python there a nice built in function that lets me check the difference between the sequence of two strings. Example below:
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
def similar(a, b):
return SequenceMatcher(None, a, b).ratio()
Example:
similar("Apple","Appel")
0.8
similar("Apple","Mango")
0.0
Is there an equivalent function in SQL?
What I need to do is join two tables on a column. On table A, this column is their actual account number, on the other table the column is the user adding their account number which isn't a required field and because of that I've noticed that there are slight variations in their actual account number.
Table A
account_num Name
5WWW55 John
DDDDD7 Jacob
SSSSX7 jingleheimer
Table B
account_num Name
5WWW55 John
3SSSX7 jingleheimer -- First character is different
Select Table_A.account_num,
Table_b.Name
FROM Table_A
JOIN TABLE_B
on Table_A.account_num = Table_B.account_num
Expected output:
account_num Name
5WWW55 John
SSSSX7 jingleheimer
You could use DIFFERENCE
:
SELECT Table_A.account_num,
Table_b.Name
FROM Table_A
JOIN TABLE_B
ON DIFFERENCE(Table_A.account_num , Table_B.account_num) = 4;