Hi!
On Aug 28, Ed Carp wrote:
> How do I do exact phrase matches using FULLTEXT?
>
> I have this 2 million row table, full of text data, that I want to search
> for an exact phrase. When I say:
>
> select * from Laws WHERE MATCH(Line) AGAINST ('MDMA') ORDER BY ID;
>
> It works correctly, returning 1 row, MUCH faster than doing a "select ...
> LIKE"!
>
> But when I do:
>
> select * from Laws WHERE MATCH(Line) AGAINST ('growth hormone') ORDER BY ID;
>
> MySQL returns every row with either "growth" OR "hormone" in it, which isn't
> what I wanted. Is there a way to only return the rows where the exact
> phrase "growth hormone" is present?
Try
select * from Laws WHERE MATCH(Line) AGAINST ('growth hormone') AND
Line like '%growth hormone%' ORDER BY ID;
Regards,
Sergei
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