In the last episode (Dec 31), michael elston said:
> I am having some trouble with fulltext search when searching a Table
> for parts numbers which contain HYPHENS ( - ) and i am 90% sure that is
> where the problem is.
>
> My query is:
> SELECT * FROM ms_items
> where MATCH (it_mnfgID, it_title, it_descrip) AGAINST ('*kk-4835*' IN
> BOOLEAN MODE )
>
> What i want to be able to accomplish is say your are searching for a
> "KK-4835"
>
> I want to be able to type in "KK-4835", "KK4835", or even "KK 4835) and
> all return the same part. as it stands right now, searching for even
> just "kk-" returns nothing but searching for "4835" will return items
> with 4835.
Make sure you have changed ft_min_word_len to 2; I bet "KK" never got
indexed at all.
Searching for KK4835 probably won't work, since that's one word and
"KK-4835" gets indexed as "KK" and "4835". You may have to parse your
search string and split the words up before calling mysql.
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Dan Nelson
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