Bug #7748 Including popular functions like metaphone/levenshtein into MySQL
Submitted: 8 Jan 2005 20:27 Modified: 20 Nov 2013 11:07
Reporter: Gunnar von Boehn Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: User-defined functions ( UDF ) Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[8 Jan 2005 20:27] Gunnar von Boehn 
Description:
I would like to request to include some
of the most popular UDF functions into MySQL.

IMHO, adding the most popular string functions
like Metaphone,  Levenshtein or Similar_text
into the regular MySQL binaries will enhance MySQL.
 
MySQL is extremely popular at Webhosters,
but most MySQL users at webhosters can NOT use UDF.
By adding some of the most useful functions into the MySQL server
we can increase the usability of MySQL for them.

Thanks for considering
Gunnar

How to repeat:
feature request
[21 May 2007 16:17] Aaron Campbell 
I'd like to second this.  I use JoshDrew's Levenshtein UDF (and have for quite some time).  It would be very nice for this to be built in (it is so much more useful than soundex).
[14 Sep 2008 3:45] kristen legacy 
I third that request!
[24 Sep 2009 18:44] Martin Duclos 
Count my vote as well.
[23 Mar 2011 12:05] frann leach 
Any progress on this yet?
[20 Nov 2013 11:07] Sveta Smirnova 
Thank you for the reasonable feature request.

However, it is questionable which functions need to be added.