Re: FULLTEXT Indexes in 5.x beta?

[Jonathan Stephens]

Well, all the FAQ says is that we're working to introduce it in a future Cluster release. This would be a cool feature to enable, but at present it's just some discussion and it's not formally been added to the development roadmap. I can tell you that it's not likely to happen before Cluster tables on disk are implemented, and that's not planned until 5.1.

BTW, FULLTEXT capability for InnoDB *is* planned for the near future, so you'll be able to get FULLTEXT plus transaction support. I don't know if this will happen in 5.0 or not, I'd say it's more likely for 5.1. If you're interested, you might want to ask about this in the InnoDB area of the forums where one of the InnoDB developers is more likely to see your question and to give you a better response than I can.

Jon Stephens
MySQL Documentation Team @ Oracle

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