Question

Is it possible to create a fulltext index on two columns derived from the inner-join of two tables? If yes, Please give me the syntax with an example.

Suppose

`table1 = Car_first (Columns: car_id, car_name)` 

`table2 = Car_second (Columns: car_id, car_description)`

Now I want to MATCH (car_name, car_description) AGAINST query string.
Please help. TY. 🙂

Answer 1

Not directly, but MySQL’s relevance scoring is additive so the result would be the same as having separate FULLTEXT indexes on the columns in each table and doing:

MATCH(car_name) AGAINST 'foo' + MATCH(car_description) AGAINST 'foo'