Saturday, November 16, 2013

Introduction to MySQL Full-text Search


Part 1


I.  What is Full-text search?
In short, Full-text search  is the most natural way to search for information. It likes when you google a term, you only need to type a keyword in search box and press 'Enter' and then the results will appear. In the scope of this entry, we only discuss about Full-text search in MySQL but don't discuss about other Full-text search engines such as Sphinx or Solr.