How NameSearch^® Works

NameSearch utilizes IST's advanced matching intelligence. This sophisticated software will increase the quality of searches while minimizing I/O expense. NameSearch is easily integrated into databases like Microsoft® SQL Server™, Oracle^®, DB2^®, and Teradata^® and can be utilized from an unlimited array of applications. In addition it also comes with a set of powerful APIs that enable applications to call NameSearch from programming environments such as Java, VB.NET, ASP, ASP.NET, C#, C, C++, PHP, Perl, COBOL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, DB2, Sybase, PowerBuilder, and more.


With NameSearch you can:

• Utilize extensive SDKs for different programming environments
• Create custom services and rules and modify service options
• Create intelligent search/match keys
• Produce a number of search ranges that can narrow or broaden your search results
• Execute merge/purge and deduping operations from within your database
• Utilize intelligent comparison routines
• Employ number comparison routines
• Produce a comparison threshold score that determines the likelihood of a match
• Generate SQL code to integrate NameSearch within your database environment
• Install and use MerlinMerge® SpeedPro for text file deduping and merge-purge
• Perform frequency analysis on your data
• Encrypt search keys

NameSearch's advanced abilities are:

Spelling Error Processing
Rulebase Expertise
Phonetic Error Processing
Sorting through missing, extra, or noise words
Sifting through word sequence variations
Acronym Recognition