>-----Original Message-----
>From: mos [mailto:mos99@stripped]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:14 PM
>To: mysql@stripped
>Subject: Tip: Full Text Searches
>
>Something I didn't realize about full text searches, but they can be used
>with multi-table views!
>Maybe I'm the last one on the planet to discover this, but I think this is
>really neat.
>
[JS] I never did it with a view, I just did it with a join.
Works fine, lasts a long time.
Regards,
Jerry Schwartz
The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated
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>For example, I can create a view with all the fulltext index column of the
>customer table (name, address, customer_profile), and link it to the
>sales_summary table. Now I can search on our biggest customers this month
>who live in Atlanta and like "fly fishing" so we can have a fishing derby.
>It is fast too. I wonder why I didn't think of this before?
>
>Am I the last one to discover this? Hmm. Anyway I thought I'd post it as a
>tip in case someone else wasn't aware of it. Enjoy. :-)
>
>Mike
>(MySQL 5.1)
>
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