如果你想要实现Levenshtein Distance算法的UDF,你可以查看 "codejanitor.com: Levenshtein Distance as a MySQL Stored Function":
CREATE FUNCTION LEVENSHTEIN (s1 VARCHAR(255), s2 VARCHAR(255))
RETURNS INT
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
DECLARE s1_len, s2_len, i, j, c, c_temp, cost INT;
DECLARE s1_char CHAR;
DECLARE cv0, cv1 VARBINARY(256);
SET s1_len = CHAR_LENGTH(s1), s2_len = CHAR_LENGTH(s2), cv1 = 0x00, j = 1, i = 1, c = 0;
IF s1 = s2 THEN
RETURN 0;
ELSEIF s1_len = 0 THEN
RETURN s2_len;
ELSEIF s2_len = 0 THEN
RETURN s1_len;
ELSE
WHILE j <= s2_len DO
SET cv1 = CONCAT(cv1, UNHEX(HEX(j))), j = j + 1;
END WHILE;
WHILE i <= s1_len DO
SET s1_char = SUBSTRING(s1, i, 1), c = i, cv0 = UNHEX(HEX(i)), j = 1;
WHILE j <= s2_len DO
SET c = c + 1;
IF s1_char = SUBSTRING(s2, j, 1) THEN SET cost = 0; ELSE SET cost = 1; END IF;
SET c_temp = CONV(HEX(SUBSTRING(cv1, j, 1)), 16, 10) + cost;
IF c > c_temp THEN SET c = c_temp; END IF;
SET c_temp = CONV(HEX(SUBSTRING(cv1, j+1, 1)), 16, 10) + 1;
IF c > c_temp THEN SET c = c_temp; END IF;
SET cv0 = CONCAT(cv0, UNHEX(HEX(c))), j = j + 1;
END WHILE;
SET cv1 = cv0, i = i + 1;
END WHILE;
END IF;
RETURN c;
END
现在让我们构建一个测试用例,使用您在问题中提供的数据:
CREATE TABLE table_a (name varchar(20));
CREATE TABLE table_b (name varchar(20));
INSERT INTO table_a VALUES('Olde School');
INSERT INTO table_a VALUES('New School');
INSERT INTO table_a VALUES('Other, C.S. School');
INSERT INTO table_a VALUES('Main School');
INSERT INTO table_a VALUES('Too Cool for School');
INSERT INTO table_b VALUES('Old School');
INSERT INTO table_b VALUES('New ES');
INSERT INTO table_b VALUES('Other School');
INSERT INTO table_b VALUES('Main School');
INSERT INTO table_b VALUES('Hardknocks School');
然后:
SELECT *
FROM table_a a
LEFT JOIN table_b b ON (a.name = b.name);
显然,返回一个完全匹配学校名称的结果:
+---------------------+-------------+
| name | name |
+---------------------+-------------+
| Olde School | NULL |
| New School | NULL |
| Other, C.S. School | NULL |
| Main School | Main School |
| Too Cool for School | NULL |
+---------------------+-------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
现在我们可以尝试使用
LEVENSHTEIN
函数来返回编辑距离小于等于2个字符的学校名称:
SELECT *
FROM table_a a
LEFT JOIN table_b b ON (LEVENSHTEIN(a.name, b.name) <= 2);
+---------------------+-------------+
| name | name |
+---------------------+-------------+
| Olde School | Old School |
| New School | NULL |
| Other, C.S. School | NULL |
| Main School | Main School |
| Too Cool for School | NULL |
+---------------------+-------------+
5 rows in set (0.08 sec)
现在将编辑距离阈值设为<= 3
:
SELECT *
FROM table_a a
LEFT JOIN table_b b ON (LEVENSHTEIN(a.name, b.name) <= 3);
我们得到以下结果:
+---------------------+--------------+
| name | name |
+---------------------+--------------+
| Olde School | Old School |
| Olde School | Other School |
| New School | Old School |
| Other, C.S. School | NULL |
| Main School | Main School |
| Too Cool for School | NULL |
+---------------------+--------------+
6 rows in set (0.06 sec)
请注意,这次
Olde School
也匹配了
Other School
,而
New School
也匹配了
Old School
。这些可能是误报,表明定义阈值非常重要,以避免不正确的匹配。
解决此问题的一种常见技术是在应用阈值时考虑字符串的长度。实际上,
我引用的网站还提供了一个
LEVENSHTEIN_RATIO
函数,该函数基于字符串的长度返回编辑差异的比率(作为百分比)。