how to select record whose matching percentage is higher than other using like operator in sql server?

Question

I have set of records which I need to search using criteria. But criteria is returning me multiple rows.

So I need top 2 records which are having maximum percentage

Answer 1

You could use Full text search. Using ContainsTable you can get a RANK for each record describing how weel it fit the search pattern. Then you can order your results by that rank and then use select top N to get only the best N results.

Implementing full text search is easy and fast, specially if you need simple queries like yours.

Resources:

• Implementing full text search and basic usage.
• Part 3 of a series, focused on ranked queries with containstable and freetexttable.
• ContainsTable reference. Also you can find a lot of info about this here on stackoverflow.

Hope it helps.