... index the full names by *all* the words ...

I don't understand that. Wouldn't that just result in an index choked with a zillion John/Jan/Jacob/Juan/Joan/Ioan/Ian/Ivan/... useless entries (and that's just a few of the European variations of the male version of one, simple given name). I agree it's a very frustrating problem. In the end, aren't we stuck with coming up with some massive AI to figure it all out and keep it straight and usable?

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In reply to Re^2: Module to intelligently handle names with two last names and other best practices? by AnomalousMonk
in thread Module to intelligently handle names with two last names and other best practices? by nysus

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