SSA-NAME3 API Reference Guide

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match

Used to get a score and match decision for two records, a search record and a file record. Once a set of candidate records have been retrieved as a result of selecting data based on the ranges returned in

ssan3_get_ranges

call,

ssan3_match

is called to further qualify the candidate records.

Prototype


Imports ssa
Public Function match ( _
       ByRef controls As String , _ ’ String in
       ByRef search As String , _ ’ String in
       ByRef file As String _ ’ String in
) As match_struct

Parameters

session	Refer to the Common Parameters section
system	Refer to the Common Parameters section
population	Refer to the Common Parameters section
controls	Refer to the Controls section
rsp	Refer to the Common Parameters section
ssaMsg	Refer to the SSA-NAME3 Error Messages section
search	Refer to the Common Parameters section
file	Refer to the Common Parameters section
score	A 3 byte number between 0-100 indicating a confidence level of the match. The score value depends on the data, Match Purpose and Match Level
decision	’A’ meaning ’Accept’. The Score is above the Accept Limit for the specified Purpose and Match Level