Full text query with a single quote

Question

I\'m having a problem when I try to do a full text search in boolean mode using a string with a single quote and an asterisk wildcard, i.e. \"levi\'s*\": it seems to search

Answer 1

this gives you the two rows from your example:

SELECT  *
FROM    ft
WHERE   MATCH(value) AGAINST ('"levi\'s" lacost*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)

In http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/fulltext-boolean.html at the end, it talks about exact matches in double quotes. You then just escape the single quote and you are done.

Using parentheses, you can add the asterisk:

WHERE   MATCH(value) AGAINST ('(levi\'s)* lacost*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)