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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:25:59+00:00

I need to query the table for all but keyword. Using just – doesn’t

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I need to query the table for ‘all but keyword’. Using just ‘-‘ doesn’t work, and in fact mysql manual says:

Note: The – operator acts only to exclude rows that are otherwise matched by other search terms. Thus, a boolean-mode search that contains only terms preceded by – returns an empty result. It does not return “all rows except those containing any of the excluded terms.”

The only workaround I found was ‘a* b* …. y* z* -keyword’, as this allows all other results to match. Is there any other (cleaner) way?

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  1. Just use:

    NOT MATCH(field) AGAINST(keyword)
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