Andreas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how can I find double entries in varchar columns where the content is
> not 100% identical because of a spelling error or the person considered
> it "looked nicer" that way?

When doing some near-duplicate elimination as part of converting a
legacy data set to PostgreSQL I found the `fuzzystrmatch' contrib module
immensely helpful.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre...ystrmatch.html

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Craig Ringer

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