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Asked: 2026-06-10T06:10:31+00:00

I have a string for example: MatchString = Renal and Dialysis Technologist and Technician

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I have a string for example:

MatchString = "Renal and Dialysis Technologist and Technician"

I have a table that has a field called degree_name

As an example one of the degree names may be Dialysis Technician.

I want to try to find degrees that contain a number of the words from the MatchString above – maybe like 2 or 3 matches – is there an easy way to do this in mysql – if so what would the code look like?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You will be getting good results with a full text search in boolean mode. First make sure your table is MyISAM, with a full text index on degree_name. Then this query will return matches, and number of words matching your MatchString:

    SELECT degree_name,
MATCH (degree_name)
AGAINST ('Renal and Dialysis Technologist and Technician' IN BOOLEAN MODE) FROM degrees
WHERE MATCH (degree_name)
AGAINST ('Renal and Dialysis Technologist and Technician' IN BOOLEAN MODE)
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