Mysql - Strike a Match

Strike A Match Mysql UDF library based on string matching algorithm by Simon White of Catalysoft.

http://www.catalysoft.com/articles/StrikeAMatch.html

###Steps

compile it:

gcc -std=c++0x -fPIC -shared -o libstrike_a_match.so strike_a_match.cc

copy the libstrike_a_match.so to the mysql's plugin directory

cp libstrike_a_match.so /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/

Log into mysql client and run

mysql> CREATE FUNCTION strike_a_match RETURNS REAL SONAME 'libstrike_a_match.so';

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