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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php