Originally Posted by Yomar
So with MATCH (whatever that is, I'll have to look into that), the MySQL system variable ft_min_word_len kicks in, but with LIKE it doesn't?

Yeppers, that's it. It is loads faster because it search an index instead of the actual data. The old search will have a comeback in ubb.threads for smaller/medium sized boards.

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