John, give it a try. I had to enable ft_min_word_len=2 on a collection of legal texts because people are searching for abbreviations consisting of 2 letters. It works fine for me.
Thomas Spahni On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm wondering whether or not I should implement fulltext searching for 2 > letter words within a product database (HP, TV, G5, LG, etc)... My > searchable text is currently about 600Mb and a 3-letter fulltext index > is consuming about 420Mb. > > Is the trade-off for user convience vs. performance worth it? In > general, how much will performance decrease? Or should I look for > alternatives such as a 2-letter keyword table that I build on my own? > Or do most of you just let 2-letter words slide? > > YAY or NAY? > - John -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
