Fulltext search on mysql with a 3 letter word

Question

I\'m trying to find \"the zen\" string in a field containing \"The Zen Circus\". I\'ve got a FULLTEXT index.

select url,name,
,   MATCH(name) AGAINST ( \'zen         


        

Answer 1

See this answer MySQL full text search for words with three or less letters

[mysqld]
ft_min_word_len=3
Then you must restart the server and rebuild your FULLTEXT indexes.

Remeber to restart and rebuild indexes.

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Edit
Run show variables like 'ft_%'; to confirm that the word length matches what you set it to.

Answer 2

Kao is right but that didn't help me at all - why? InnoDB table uses a different setting - try updating this one and checking it with:

    show variables like 'innodb_ft_min_token_size';