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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Program Design
  4. SSA-NAME3 Functions
  5. Language Specific Guidelines
  6. Controls
  7. Advanced Controls
  8. Address Standardization
  9. ASM Workbench

SSA-NAME3 API Reference Guide

SSA-NAME3 API Reference Guide

ssan3_match_encoded

ssan3_match_encoded

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

using ssa.ssaname3 ; public synchronized int ssan3_match_encoded ( int [ ] session , / / Long io String system , / / String in String population , / / String in String controls , / / String in String [ ] rsp , / / String out String [ ] ssaMsg , / / String out String search , / / EncodedString in String searchEncType , String file , / / EncodedString in String fileEncType , String [ ] score , / / String out String [ ] decision / / String out ) throws SSAAPIException , SSASocketException ;

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

Return Code

negative for error, 0 for success

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