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-- Levenshtein function
-- Source: https://openquery.com.au/blog/levenshtein-mysql-stored-function
-- Levenshtein reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance

-- Arjen note: because the levenshtein value is encoded in a byte array, distance cannot exceed 255;
-- thus the maximum string length this implementation can handle is also limited to 255 characters.

DELIMITER $$
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS LEVENSHTEIN $$
CREATE FUNCTION LEVENSHTEIN(s1 VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8, s2 VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8)