Hey,
I dont want to do that as its only mysql 4.1+ compatable,
IN BOOLEAN MODE was added in version 4.0.1 not 4.1, for what it's
worth.
Oops, thats what i meant. The problem is a LOT of hosts are still on 3.23.xx
so I dont want to do the BOOLEAN MODE thing.
-Ryan
On 3/21/2005 8:51:07
Hey all,
I just put in a search function for a site using mySql full text, i am
running it on my local server for now.
I am running it on two fields: ad_sub and ad_text
The results i getting are really quite bad, this is how i am testing it out:
1. I wrote an insert statement and looped it 700
which means because I i getting a match for well over 50% of the
records...its disregarding it.
Yes, this is exactly the problem.
Now i am in two minds if i should use this or go back to the same old
dirty
way...of exploding the search and using LIKE '%%' for each word
FULLTEXT searches are
Hey!
Thanks for replying.
FULLTEXT searches are great;
it's your testing of them that is poor.
Kind of true, but I would have still been happy if it had found some records
rather than 0 results.
Also, FULLTEXT searches are
improved as the number of __different__ records increase.
Yep, I
Thanks for replying.
You're quite welcome.
If you want to see some results, regardless of the 50% threshold, use
the IN BOOLEAN MODE feature. Keep in mind, though, that in your case
any search will return either 0 or 700 results.
I dont want to do that as its only mysql 4.1+ compatable,
IN BOOLEAN
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