Hi, We are using fairly complex fulltext queries on multiple tables via inner joins. We ge the correct results, but they are not sorted by relevance as indicated in the manual. I tried to reconstruct the query to use "AS score FROM tablename" and sort on the score, but always get syntax errors when used in conjunction with inner joins. It seems that the fulltext relevance decreasing behavior is only true when querying against one table. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this work properly? I'ved included a sample query to illustrate my problem. Thanks! Barry Wiegan Senior Software Engineer Internet Scout Project (htpp://scout.cs.wisc.edu/) SELECT distinct annotation.RecordID FROM annotation INNER JOIN authorintersection ON authorintersection.recordid=annotation.recordid INNER JOIN pubintersection ON pubintersection.recordid=annotation.recordid INNER JOIN ControlledNameList ON ControlledNameList.ControlledNameID=authorintersection.authorid OR ControlledNameList.ControlledNameID=pubintersection.pubid WHERE (MATCH (SiteTitle, SummaryBody, SiteURL) AGAINST ('Environmental Protection Agency ') OR MATCH (ControlledName) against ('Environmental Protection Agency ')) AND URLCorrect = 1 AND Reviewed = 1 and SiteExtinct = 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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