MySQL: How to search multiple tables for a string existing in any column
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How can I search for in table_a table_b table_c, which have a random number of columns for a string?
I know this is not proper sql but it would be something like:
SELECT * FROM users, accounts, something_else WHERE ->ANY COLUMN CONTAINS 'this_string'<-
Ty in advance for SO community
mysql string-search
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How can I search for in table_a table_b table_c, which have a random number of columns for a string?
I know this is not proper sql but it would be something like:
SELECT * FROM users, accounts, something_else WHERE ->ANY COLUMN CONTAINS 'this_string'<-
Ty in advance for SO community
mysql string-search
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
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asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
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Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26
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How can I search for in table_a table_b table_c, which have a random number of columns for a string?
I know this is not proper sql but it would be something like:
SELECT * FROM users, accounts, something_else WHERE ->ANY COLUMN CONTAINS 'this_string'<-
Ty in advance for SO community
mysql string-search
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
How can I search for in table_a table_b table_c, which have a random number of columns for a string?
I know this is not proper sql but it would be something like:
SELECT * FROM users, accounts, something_else WHERE ->ANY COLUMN CONTAINS 'this_string'<-
Ty in advance for SO community
mysql string-search
mysql string-search
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:19
J. Chomel
5,918132849
5,918132849
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
asked Dec 26 '08 at 17:44
fmsf
20.2k45127182
20.2k45127182
Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26
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Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26
Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26
Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26
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Add fulltext indexes to all of the string columns in all of those tables, then union the results
select * from table1 where match(col1, col2, col3) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table2 where match(col1, col2) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table3 where match(col1, col2, col3, col4) against ('some string')
...
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
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@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
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up vote
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Add fulltext indexes to all of the string columns in all of those tables, then union the results
select * from table1 where match(col1, col2, col3) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table2 where match(col1, col2) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table3 where match(col1, col2, col3, col4) against ('some string')
...
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
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up vote
29
down vote
accepted
Add fulltext indexes to all of the string columns in all of those tables, then union the results
select * from table1 where match(col1, col2, col3) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table2 where match(col1, col2) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table3 where match(col1, col2, col3, col4) against ('some string')
...
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
add a comment |
up vote
29
down vote
accepted
up vote
29
down vote
accepted
Add fulltext indexes to all of the string columns in all of those tables, then union the results
select * from table1 where match(col1, col2, col3) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table2 where match(col1, col2) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table3 where match(col1, col2, col3, col4) against ('some string')
...
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
Add fulltext indexes to all of the string columns in all of those tables, then union the results
select * from table1 where match(col1, col2, col3) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table2 where match(col1, col2) against ('some string')
union all
select * from table3 where match(col1, col2, col3, col4) against ('some string')
...
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
answered Dec 26 '08 at 17:56
ʞɔıu
29.1k2582122
29.1k2582122
@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
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@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
@kiu Very cool - Been looking for this answer for a while now. Just need to know how to ORDER the results by the number of times the string occurs. In my case, I am doing a boolean search in multiple fields from multiple tables. Just need to know how to get the results ordered by relevancy.
– G-J
Apr 12 '13 at 15:18
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Refer this: winashwin.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/mysql-search
– user1573308
Aug 30 '12 at 9:26