Thanx Chris. That was it. To save space, I went ahead and dropped the two
separate indexes because they were no longer needed. The only fulltext
search performed on this database includes both fields.

Thanx again,
Robb

On Fri, 21 May 2004 13:42:21 -0700, Chris wrote:

> What query are you using to search?
> 
> With the FullText indexes you have only two match options are possible:
> 
> MATCH(specs) AGAINST . . .
> 
> and
> 
> MATCH(manufacturer) AGAINST . . .
> 
> If you're trying to search both at the same time you need a FULLTEXT 
> index of  (specs,manufacturer)
> 
> Chris
> 
> Robb Kerr wrote:
> 
>>Got a problem with my fulltext searches. Here is the structure of the table
>>as displayed in MySQLyog...
>>
>>Column Information For - robeson_robesondb.robeson_inv
>>------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Field         Type     Null    Key     Default  Extra           Privileges           
>>          
>>------------  -------  ------  ------  -------  --------------
>>-------------------------------
>>ID            int(11)          PRI     (NULL)   auto_increment
>>select,insert,update,references
>>manufacturer  text     YES     MUL     (NULL)
>>select,insert,update,references
>>model         text     YES             (NULL)
>>select,insert,update,references
>>specs         text     YES     MUL     (NULL)
>>select,insert,update,references
>>qty           int(11)  YES             (NULL)
>>select,insert,update,references
>>picture       text     YES             (NULL)
>>select,insert,update,references
>>
>>Index Information For - robeson_robesondb.robeson_inv
>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Table        Non_unique  Key_name      Seq_in_index  Column_name
>>Collation  Cardinality  Sub_part  Packed  Null    Index_type  Comment
>>-----------  ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------
>>---------  -----------  --------  ------  ------  ----------  -------
>>robeson_inv           0  PRIMARY                  1  ID            A
>>949    (NULL)  (NULL)          BTREE              
>>robeson_inv           0  ID                       1  ID            A
>>949    (NULL)  (NULL)          BTREE              
>>robeson_inv           1  specs                    1  specs         A
>>316    (NULL)  (NULL)  YES     FULLTEXT           
>>robeson_inv           1  manufacturer             1  manufacturer  A
>>316    (NULL)  (NULL)  YES     FULLTEXT           
>>
>>DDL Information For - robeson_robesondb.robeson_inv
>>---------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Table        Create Table                                                            
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                         
>>-----------
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>robeson_inv  CREATE TABLE `robeson_inv` (                                            
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                         
>>               `ID` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,                                 
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               `manufacturer` text,                                                  
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               `model` text,                                                         
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               `specs` text,                                                         
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               `qty` int(11) default NULL,                                           
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               `picture` text,                                                       
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               PRIMARY KEY  (`ID`),                                                  
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               UNIQUE KEY `ID` (`ID`),                                               
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               FULLTEXT KEY `specs` (`specs`),                                       
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>               FULLTEXT KEY `manufacturer` (`manufacturer`)                          
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                                     
>>                                                                            
>>             ) TYPE=MyISAM    
>>
>>As you can see, I've created a fulltext index for the "manufacturer" field.
>>However, when I conduct a search, I get the following error message
>>returned...
>>
>>Can't find FULLTEXT index matching the column list
>>
>>What's the problem?
>>
>>Thanx in advance,
>>Robb
>>
>>  
>>


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