* Joao Verde
> The problem is I cannot search for one specific word because, even
> though the word exists on several records, MySQL never returns any
> rows.
>
> The word I can't look for is "portaria". Any other word works just
> fine. I have tried every word I could think of and it works... except
> for that one: "portaria".

Is this word very common in the table? Are you using IN BOOLEAN MODE?

If more than 50% of the rows contains this word, it is ignored in a fulltext
search unless IN BOOLEAN MODE is used. You can also disable the 50% treshold
by recompiling the server:

<URL: http://www.mysql.com/doc/F/u/Fulltext_Fine-tuning.html >

--
Roger
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