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Problem/Solution: using negative phrases in FULLTEXT BOOLEAN MODE
Posted by: Harry Hege ()
Date: February 23, 2011 10:19AM

Beware, in MySQL 4.0.21, you can have problems using negative phrases with FULLTEXT in BOOLEAN MODE. I have not seen this documented elsewhere.

1. PROBLEM - You may get unreliable results when negating one/more phrases inside the MATCH-AGAINST statement:
SELECT * FROM `tbl_myisam1` WHERE
MATCH (ft_field1) AGAINST ('word1 -"word2 word3"' IN BOOLEAN MODE)

2. SOLUTION - I recommend a reliable work-around, by moving the negation outside of the MATCH-AGAINST statement:
SELECT * FROM `tbl_myisam1` WHERE
MATCH (ft_field1) AGAINST ('word1' IN BOOLEAN MODE)
and not MATCH (ft_field1) AGAINST ('"word2 word3"' IN BOOLEAN MODE)

Best wishes to my fellow MySQL FULLTEXT users.

Harry Hege

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Problem/Solution: using negative phrases in FULLTEXT BOOLEAN MODE 2402 Harry Hege 02/23/2011 10:19AM
Re: Problem/Solution: using negative phrases in FULLTEXT BOOLEAN MODE 1063 Harry Hege 02/24/2011 03:08PM


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