John,
give it a try. I had to enable ft_min_word_len=2 on a collection of legal
texts because people are searching for abbreviations consisting of 2
letters. It works fine for me.
Thomas Spahni
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 JVanV8@stripped wrote:
> I'm wondering whether or not I should implement fulltext searching for 2
> letter words within a product database (HP, TV, G5, LG, etc)... My
> searchable text is currently about 600Mb and a 3-letter fulltext index
> is consuming about 420Mb.
>
> Is the trade-off for user convience vs. performance worth it? In
> general, how much will performance decrease? Or should I look for
> alternatives such as a 2-letter keyword table that I build on my own?
> Or do most of you just let 2-letter words slide?
>
> YAY or NAY?
> - John
