I am going to continue my series of very short articles or tidbits on Transaction SQL string functions. I will exploring the DIFFERENCE() function today. The DIFFERENCE() function takes two string arguments and computes how different the two strings sound when spoken. A return value of 4 means the strings sound the same while a value of 0 means the strings sound totally different. When using the difference function, you should look at the SOUNDEX() function. This function calculates a four-character code that is based on how the string sounds…