How to compare two names in sql?

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hi experts,

How can i say that "L S Kumar" and "Kumar L S" are equal in sql ??
how can i compare these two names?

thank you
(Keerthi Kumar)

Posted 26-Sep-14 23:04pm

Keerthi Kumar(Andar)

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naveenece9 · Answer 1 · 2014-09-26T23:06:00

Solution 1

you can use like for the same..

like '%L S%'

Posted 26-Sep-14 23:06pm

naveenece9

Updated 26-Sep-14 23:10pm

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Keerthi Kumar(Andar) 27-Sep-14 5:16am

if i use like this. Kumar L S karun, such names will also come in the result set so. i don't want such out put

RossMW 27-Sep-14 6:11am

If the data is in a text type field then you can only compare random text with some defined rule which you have not provided. Hence under these conditions solution 1 is the best method or a expansion of it like field = '%L S%' and field like '%Kumar%'.