{"active":true,"blog_title":null,"blog_url":null,"feature_description":"Fuzzy string matching enables you to compare strings based on similarity rather than relying only on exact matches. Using built-in functions, you can measure the difference or similarity between strings with algorithms such as edit distance and Jaro-Winkler.This makes it easier to work with imperfect and inconsistent real-world data, simplifying scenarios such as data matching, cleansing, deduplication, and search where exact string comparisons may not be sufficient.","feature_description_html":"<p>Fuzzy string matching enables you to compare strings based on similarity rather than relying only on exact matches. Using built-in functions, you can measure the difference or similarity between strings with algorithms such as edit distance and Jaro-Winkler.</p>\n<p>This makes it easier to work with imperfect and inconsistent real-world data, simplifying scenarios such as data matching, cleansing, deduplication, and search where exact string comparisons may not be sufficient.</p>","feature_name":"Find similar text with built-in fuzzy string matching","last_modified":"2026-10-19","product_id":"347da228-ea54-ef11-a317-0022480a694f","product_name":"SQL database","release_date":"Q4 2026","release_item_id":"afcd2c3d-5bb2-f111-aaab-70a8a5afd4dd","release_status":"Planned","release_type":"General availability"}