In the MySQL documentation, it says that: Boolean full-text searches have these characteristics:
* They do not use the 50% threshold. * They do not automatically sort rows in order of decreasing relevance. You can see this from the preceding query result: The row with the highest relevance is the one that contains ``MySQL'' twice, but it is listed last, not first. * They can work even without a FULLTEXT index, although this would be slow. * The minimum and maximum word length full-text parameters apply. * The stopword list applies. I had two questions: 1. How are the returned rows sorted in the boolean full-text searches? 2. Is there any way to get more information (other than the score) from MySQL? For example, can we find out the location of matches? Regards, -Jalil
