#1214 - The used table type doesn't support FULLTEXT indexes

Question

I\'m getting an error saying that the table type doesn\'t support FULLTEXT indices. How can I achieve this?

Here\'s my table:

CREATE TABLE gamemech_c         


        

Answer 1

Before MySQL 5.6 Full-Text Search is supported only with MyISAM Engine.

Therefore either change the engine for your table to MyISAM

CREATE TABLE gamemech_chat (
  id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  from_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  to_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  text text NOT NULL,
  systemtext text NOT NULL,
  timestamp datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  chatroom bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (id),
  KEY from_userid (from_userid),
  FULLTEXT KEY from_userid_2 (from_userid),
  KEY chatroom (chatroom),
  KEY timestamp (timestamp)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;

Here is SQLFiddle demo

or upgrade to 5.6 and use InnoDB Full-Text Search.

Answer 2

Only MyISAM allows for FULLTEXT, as seen here.

Try this:

CREATE TABLE gamemech_chat (
  id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  from_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  to_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  text text NOT NULL,
  systemtext text NOT NULL,
  timestamp datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  chatroom bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (id),
  KEY from_userid (from_userid),
  FULLTEXT KEY from_userid_2 (from_userid),
  KEY chatroom (chatroom),
  KEY timestamp (timestamp)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;

Answer 3

*************Resolved - #1214 - The used table type doesn't support FULLTEXT indexes***************

Its Very Simple to resolve this issue. People are answering here in very difficult words which are not easily understandable by the people who are not technical.

So i am mentioning here steps in very simple words will resolve your issue.

1.) Open your .sql file with Notepad by right clicking on file>Edit Or Simply open a Notepad file and drag and drop the file on Notepad and the file will be opened. (Note: Please don't change the extention .sql of file as its still your sql database. Also to keep a copy of your sql file to save yourself from any mishappening)

2.) Click on Notepad Menu Edit > Replace (A Window will be pop us with Find What & Replace With Fields)

3.) In Find What Field Enter ENGINE=InnoDB & In Replace With Field Enter ENGINE=MyISAM

4.) Now Click on Replace All Button

5.) Click CTRL+S or File>Save

6.) Now Upload This File and I am Sure your issue will be resolved....

Answer 4

The problem occurred because of wrong table type.MyISAM is the only type of table that Mysql supports for Full-text indexes.

To correct this error run following sql.

 CREATE TABLE gamemech_chat (
  id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  from_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  to_userid varchar(50) NOT NULL default '0',
  text text NOT NULL,
  systemtext text NOT NULL,
  timestamp datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  chatroom bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (id),
  KEY from_userid (from_userid),
  FULLTEXT KEY from_userid_2 (from_userid),
  KEY chatroom (chatroom),
  KEY timestamp (timestamp)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;

Answer 5

From official reference

Full-text indexes can be used only with MyISAM tables. (In MySQL 5.6 and up, they can also be used with InnoDB tables.) Full-text indexes can be created only for CHAR, VARCHAR, or TEXT columns.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/fulltext-search.html

InnoDB with MySQL 5.5 does not support Full-text indexes.

Answer 6

Simply do the following:

1. Open your .sql file with Notepad or Notepad ++

2. Find InnoDB and Replace all (around 87) with MyISAM

3. Save and now you can import your database with out error.