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***tabacco*** · 08-05-2009, 08:57 PM

Yeah, MySQL fulltext index searches (using MATCH AGAINST) only operate with query terms that are over 3 characters long. Also, they ignore terms that appear in over 50% of posts or are known 'common' words ('and', 'the', etc.)

08-05-2009, 08:57 PM	#5
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Yeah, MySQL fulltext index searches (using MATCH AGAINST) only operate with query terms that are over 3 characters long. Also, they ignore terms that appear in over 50% of posts or are known 'common' words ('and', 'the', etc.)