I think right now probably one or two rows will contains the search word. So maybe, when I start entering more rows, the result will be more satisfactory. Sj
> Sjef Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, there are just a few rows in my table, as I am still developing the > > program. Will it be better when the table is in regular use (and the number > > of rows will increase)? > > How many rows in the table? how many rows contain the search word? > > > > >> > >> > I am trying to understand the logic of full text search in mysql. I'm > > not > >> > using mysql 4. The search work OK, be it thast I get hits on certain > >> > words, whilst other words are discarded for some reason or other. Why is > >> > that. An example: I search in a text field for the word organisation. I > >> > get hits. When I search for the word scenario nothing is found. But I > > can > >> > see the word in the paragraphs by myself? > >> > Is there an explanation for this? > >> > >> > >> AIUI, if a word occurs too many times (in more than x% of rows, I can't > >> remember the logic used) then it's treated as a "stop" word. > >> > >> This means that words that appear in almost every row (like "the", "you" > >> etc) which would have no value to a search are ignored. > >> > >> I believe this is what's causing your problem. Do you have many records > >> in the table you're doing a fulltext search on? IME it tends to work > >> better with plenty of rows to work with. > > > > > > > > > > -- > For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita > This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
