Re: Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-11 Thread Jigal van Hemert
Paul DuBois wrote: At 10:49 +0100 11/8/05, Jigal van Hemert wrote: Lindsey wrote: but do you know how to use the * in regexp searches. err what i mean if i want to search for * and not use it as asterix? To use a literal instance of a special character in a regular expression, precede it by

Re: Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-09 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:49 +0100 11/8/05, Jigal van Hemert wrote: Lindsey wrote: ok thanks, then i know! but do you know how to use the * in regexp searches. err what i mean if i want to search for * and not use it as asterix? i have tried \* but that did't work, it just does the same as *. The manual comes

Re: Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-08 Thread Jigal van Hemert
Lindsey wrote: Lets say the table contains the following brands SAMSUNG SIEMENS SONY If you do a fulltext boolean search with the term: -S*Y -(S*Y) everyting that starts with an S will be excluded... any solutions? Although I couldn't find a question in your post, I guess you want to know

Re: Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-08 Thread Lindsey
contains the following brands SAMSUNG SIEMENS SONY If you do a fulltext boolean search with the term: -S*Y -(S*Y) everyting that starts with an S will be excluded... any solutions? Although I couldn't find a question in your post, I guess you want to know how to find

Re: Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-08 Thread Jigal van Hemert
Lindsey wrote: ok thanks, then i know! but do you know how to use the * in regexp searches. err what i mean if i want to search for * and not use it as asterix? i have tried \* but that did't work, it just does the same as *. The manual comes again to the rescue ;-) Appendix G [1] tells

Fulltext boolean search and the asterix

2005-11-07 Thread Lindsey
Lets say the table contains the following brands SAMSUNG SIEMENS SONY If you do a fulltext boolean search with the term: -S*Y -(S*Y) everyting that starts with an S will be excluded... any solutions? -S*Y will return all. - FREE E-MAIL IN 1

Re: fulltext/boolean search

2005-06-07 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi! Check the manual for ft_boolean_syntax variable. It defines what character is used for every operator. Space marks default operator - so you can change it. On Jun 06, Sebastian wrote: I created a search app with fulltext, boolean, etc. i have two forms, one that allows the user to just

fulltext/boolean search

2005-06-06 Thread Sebastian
I created a search app with fulltext, boolean, etc. i have two forms, one that allows the user to just enter a basic search in a single input field and a more advanced form with additional input areas for advanced boolean searches.. now, when you do not specify a boolean operator, what does it

Fulltext boolean search results

2004-07-24 Thread leegold
If I search on: BT-1034.06 I get returned: BT-1034.02 BT-1034.03 BT-1034.05 ... BT-1034.11 If I put in ie. BT-1034.06 I only get BT-1034.06 returned. The BT- part seems irrelevant. But I don't understand the results. Why so many returned? Seems like 1034.06 w/out the is unique enough. Is '.' a

Re: Fulltext boolean search results

2004-07-24 Thread Michael Stassen
From the manual http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Search.html: MySQL uses a very simple parser to split text into words. A word is any sequence of characters consisting of letters, digits, ', or _. Some words are ignored in full-text searches: Any word that is too short is ignored... .

Re: Fulltext boolean search results

2004-07-24 Thread leegold
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: From the manual http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Search.html: MySQL uses a very simple parser to split text into words. A word is any sequence of characters consisting of letters, digits, ', or _. Some words are ignored in full-text searches: Any

Re: Fulltext boolean search results

2004-07-24 Thread Michael Stassen
leegold wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: From the manual http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Search.html: MySQL uses a very simple parser to split text into words. A word is any sequence of characters consisting of letters, digits, ', or _. Some words are ignored in full-text searches: Any