Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable1833 ( Name varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Alter table −
Mysql> alter table DemoTable1833 ADD FULLTEXT(Name); Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 1
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable1833 values('John Doe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1833 values('Adam Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1833 values('Chris Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1833 values('John Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable1833;
This will produce the following output −
+-------------+ | Name | +-------------+ | John Doe | | Adam Smith | | Chris Brown | | John Smith | +-------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to select rows containing a string in a specific column
mysql> select * from DemoTable1833 where MATCH(Name) AGAINST('+John Smith+') ;
This will produce the following output −
+------------+ | Name | +------------+ | John Smith | | John Doe | | Adam Smith | +------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)