Hi Well I asked about index's earlier and had the answer in 30 mins
So I have created an index on several columns and I call my search like so: strsql = " SELECT * FROM global WHERE MATCH (SURNAME, GROOMSURNAME, BRIDESURNAME, OTHERSURNAME, MOTHERMNAME ) AGAINST ('gold')" Problem now is the against term as it only brings back exact matches so the above will only return the gold names I have tried adding a wildcard after gold ie: gold* so it would bring back everything starting with gold but to no avail. I'm sure its syntax related but I'm stuck at the moment. Regards John Berman --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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