Craig Issod wrote:

> Using 3.23.32 on FreeBsd 3.2
>
> Have gotten a sample fulltext search going, but cannot figure out how
> to shorten the word length to 2 o3 3, from the default 4.
>
> Yes, I've read the docs, and tried the following:
> Setting variable using mysqld on command line...it won't take it.
>
> Looking at the variables - SHOW VARIABLES - it's not in there.
> ft_min_word_length does not seem to even exist. Can I simply create
> it somehow?

Search:
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html

for ft_min_word_len (not _length).


> Looking for the config files mentioned in the docs...there is no
> directory called myisam on my directory tree.
>
> looking for the .cnf files...I found:
> /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/my-huge.cnf
> /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/my-large.cnf
> /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf
> /usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/my-small.cnf
> /usr/local/share/mysql/my-example.cnf
>
> Since I was not the original installer of mySQL on the system, I
> don't know which, if any, conf file is being used.

The file needs to be named 'my.cnf'.  Please Read:
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_MySQL_Database_Administration.html#Option_files

b.


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