Best way to do a weighted search over multiple fields in mysql?

Question

Here\'s what i want to do:

• match a search subject against multiple fields of my table
• order the results by importance of the field and relevance of th

Answer 1

I had this exact same question and it was fully answered on one of the MySQL forums. Here's the thread. Kind of a long thread (because I'm kind of long-winded) but the payoff is just what you're looking for.