diff --git a/sql/drop-soundex.sql b/sql/drop-soundex.sql
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+BEGIN TRANSACTION;
+CREATE TABLE factoid_new (
+                factoid_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+                original_subject VARCHAR(100),
+                subject VARCHAR(100),
+                copula VARCHAR(25),
+                predicate TEXT,
+                author VARCHAR(100),
+                modified_time INTEGER,
+                metaphone TEXT,
+                compose_macro CHAR(1) DEFAULT '0',
+                protected BOOLEAN DEFAULT '0'
+        );
+
+INSERT INTO factoid_new SELECT factoid_id, original_subject, subject, copula, predicate, author, modified_time, metaphone, compose_macro, protected FROM factoid;
+DROP TABLE factoid;
+ALTER TABLE factoid_new RENAME TO factoid;
+COMMIT;
+
+
diff --git a/sql/metaphone.sql b/sql/metaphone.sql
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+ALTER TABLE factoid ADD COLUMN metaphone TEXT;