I am using MySQL.
I have several lookups like this:
SELECT * from users WHERE user_name LIKE '%search_term%'
What index do I need to make these lookups fast?
I am using MySQL. I have several lookups like this: SELECT * from users
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I am using MySQL.
I have several lookups like this:
SELECT * from users WHERE user_name LIKE '%search_term%'
What index do I need to make these lookups fast?
We used to run these kinds of queries too, but soon realized that relational databases like MySQL aren’t ideal for full-text searching. Depending on what kind of other lookups you have, you might want to look at Lucene and Solr.
Lucene supports indexing and search, completely separate from your database. It’s extremely fast and also supports spell checking, stemming, relevancy, and wildcard searches.
Solr is a search server powered by Lucene and also supports MySQL database integration. Highly recommended.