mysql> CREATE TABLE articles ( -> id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -> title VARCHAR(200), -> body TEXT, -> FULLTEXT (title,body) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO articles (title,body) VALUES -> ('MySQL Tutorial','DBMS stands for DataBase ...'), -> ('How To Use MySQL Well','After you went through a ...'), -> ('Optimizing MySQL','In this tutorial we will show ...'), -> ('1001 MySQL Tricks','1. Never run mysqld as root. 2. ...'), -> ('MySQL vs. YourSQL','In the following database comparison ...'), -> ('MySQL Security','When configured properly, MySQL ...'); Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 6 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM articles -> WHERE MATCH (title,body) AGAINST ('database'); +----+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | id | title | body | +----+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ | 5 | MySQL vs. YourSQL | In the following database comparison ... | | 1 | MySQL Tutorial | DBMS stands for DataBase ... | +----+-------------------+------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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