MySQL MATCH AGAINST: Full-Text Search Guide

The MATCH AGAINST operator in MySQL is used to perform full-text searches. It is commonly used to search for specific words or phrases in full-text indexed columns. This operator can be used in the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement as follows:

SELECT * FROM table_name
WHERE MATCH(column_name) AGAINST ('search_query');

In the example above, table_name is the name of the table to be searched, column_name is the name of the column to be searched, and search_query is the search term or phrase to be searched.

It is important to note that in order to use the MATCH AGAINST operator, you need to ensure that a full-text index has been created on the column in the table. You can use the following statement to create a full-text index for a column:

ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD FULLTEXT(column_name);

The MATCH AGAINST operator enables more convenient full-text searches for quickly locating records containing specific query words or phrases.