RE: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-20 Thread Don O'Neil
, October 19, 2006 11:47 PM To: Don O'Neil Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Problem with query on 5.11 Don O'Neil wrote: > Why does this query return no results: > > SELECT * FROM FileList WHERE MATCH Filename AGAINST ("9640") > > When there are entries in the F

RE: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-20 Thread Don O'Neil
Yes, there is a full text index, there are about 12,000 rows or so. Don -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:47 PM To: Don O'Neil Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Problem with query on 5.11 Don O'Neil wrote:

Re: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-20 Thread Philip Mather
Jerry, Is "9640" a word by itself? A full-text search wouldn't find "abc9640", No a full text search would find numbers pretending to be a "word", the full text search has a fairly high level definition of a "word". Try searching for "1960" over at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/search.php. Regar

Re: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-20 Thread Philip Mather
Jerry, Is "9640" a word by itself? A full-text search wouldn't find "abc9640", No a full text search would find numbers pretending to be a "word", the full text search has a fairly high level definition of a "word". Try searching for "1960" over at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/search.php. Regar

RE: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-20 Thread Jerry Schwartz
Is "9640" a word by itself? A full-text search wouldn't find "abc9640", you'd need to use LIKE for that. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 > -Original Message- > From: Don O'Neil [mailto:[EM

Re: Problem with query on 5.11

2006-10-19 Thread Chris
Don O'Neil wrote: Why does this query return no results: SELECT * FROM FileList WHERE MATCH Filename AGAINST ("9640") When there are entries in the Filename list that have 9640 in them? How many rows are in the table? Full text won't work with only a couple of rows. And you do have a full