Suggesting user names

[Myk Melez]

Chris L. Mason wrote:

>Unfortunately mysql doesn't
>appear to have a SOUNDEX() SQL function, which would make this easier.
>  
>
Apparently it does:

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html#IDX1188

The MySQL docs don't say when it was introduced--the only mention of it 
in the change log is the note that the "foo SOUNDS LIKE bar" syntax 
(equivalent to "SOUNDEX(foo)=SOUNDEX(bar)") was added to 4.1--but this 
article from 2001 indicates it's been around for a while:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mysql+soundex&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=Pine.LNX.4.31.0104082048320.18870-100000%40zaius.poa&rnum=1

-myk