We got there in the end!
'Fuzzy matching' has finally been reinstated as one of the five ways that you can manipulate a search term on ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). It may be a tool that you never use, but it certainly has its uses, as previously discussed at http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/02/various-search-tool-improvements-on.html.
The five options to assist with name searches are now as follows:
- Exact names only
- Fuzzy matching
- Wildcards allowed
- Names that begin with
- Phonetic matching
The wildcard function also now seems to be automatic once again when you insert a * in to replace letters in a search (rather than you having to select it as an option, which was tiresome).
It all feels like we are slowly getting back to normal again!
(With thanks to the ScotlandsPeople team, and again to Michael Tobias)
Chris
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