How do I use a Levenshtein distance function in a sqlite where clause?

Question

I\'m trying to implement a \"Did you mean?\" sort of function for a search.

I\'m trying to do a query that uses the levenshtein function, which was written in ruby.

Answer 1

Try the editdist3 function:

The editdist3 algorithm is a function that computes the minimum edit distance (a.k.a. the Levenshtein distance) between two input strings.

• http://www.sqlite.org/spellfix1.html