MySQL Full Text Period

Question

I have a table of product names, and full text works great up until using a period, e.g. searching for a 3.7 battery.. i try

select .. where match(name) against          


        

Answer 1

where match(name) against ('+battery' in boolean mode)
  AND name LIKE '%3.7v%'

This requires some intelligence in your app when constructing the query.

Other variants:

This makes sure the 3.7v is next to battery:

where match(name) against ('+battery' in boolean mode)
  AND name LIKE '%3.7v battery%'

This makes sure it has word boundaries around it:

where match(name) against ('+battery' in boolean mode)
  AND name REGEXP '[[:<:]]3.7v[[:>:]]'