Re: Help optimizing Fulltext query

2005-08-31 Thread Brent Baisley
100 search items is a lot to search on at once for any system. MySQL has to search on a 100 terms, no way around that. I think the only way to optimize your query is to narrow down the search terms. Perhaps you can search on phrases instead of words? After the first 5-10 terms have been matc

Help optimizing Fulltext query

2005-08-31 Thread Andrew Brosnan
Hello, I need some help optimizing a query. The current query is as follows: SELECT *, MATCH(title) AGAINST ( 'S' IN BOOLEAN MODE ) AS score FROM articles WHERE MATCH(title) AGAINST ( 'S' IN BOOLEAN MODE ); 'title' is a FULLTEXT index. 'S' is a query string that may have 100 search term