In the last episode (Jan 28), Salada, Duncan said:
> I'm running Ver 8.39 Distrib 4.0.9-gamma, for intel-linux on i686.
> I'm trying to create a fulltext index on an existing myisam table and
> running up against an error. From what I can tell, I'm using the
> alter table command correctly, but I keep getting errno 140. Can
> anyone point out my error?
>
> mysql> alter table materials add fulltext title (title,variant_title,
> ss_title,term_1,term_2,term_3,term_4,term_5,abstract,notes,
> personal_name_1,personal_name_2,personal_name_3,personal_name_4,
> personal_name_5,personal_name_6);
>
> ERROR 1005: Can't create table './lincs/#sql-6d12_7.frm' (errno: 140)
>
> # perror 140
> Error code 140: Unknown error 140
> 140 = Wrong create options
The myisam handler will return a 140 error in a couple cases: if you
have more than 16 fields in a key or more than 32 keys on a table, if
any of your indexed fields are not text or varchar, or another test
that I can't quite figure out, but I don't think it applies here.
>From looking at the code, fulltext indexes have two invisible fields
that count against your 16-field limit. Your index has 16 fields, so
that's probably what the problem is. What happens if you try building
an index with only 14 fields?
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Dan Nelson
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