In the meantime, Jan, you don't have to commit your whole database to one table type. Consider using MyISAM tables where you need fulltext search and InnoDB for your other data.
Arthur -----Original Message----- From: Heikki Tuuri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: InnoDB != FULLTEXT? Jan, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Steinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:37 AM Subject: InnoDB != FULLTEXT? > I'm interested in using InnoDB, but am loathe to give up FULLTEXT indexing. > > Anyone (Heikki?) know why this is so, and if it is likely to be changed in the future? there is no technical hinder in porting fulltext indexes on top of InnoDB. But so far, the demand from commercial customers has not been enough to assign the resources for it. The port is in the long-term goals of the InnoDB TODO list. > -- > ---- SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL ---- > : Jan Steinman -- nature Transography(TM): <http://www.Bytesmiths.com> Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy --- InnoDB - transactions, row level locking, and foreign key support for MySQL See http://www.innodb.com, download MySQL-Max from http://www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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