How to use prefix wildcards like '*abc' with match-against

Question

I have the following query :

SELECT * FROM `user` 
WHERE MATCH (user_login) AGAINST (\'supriya*\' IN BOOLEAN MODE)

Which outputs all the record

Answer 1

I believe the selection of FULL-TEXT Searching isn't relevant here. If you are interested in searching some fields based on wildcards like:

• %word% ( word anywhere in the string)
• word% ( starting with word)
• %word ( ending with word)

best option is to use LIKE clause as GolezTrol has mentioned.

However, if you are interested in advanced/text based searching, FULL-TEXT search is the option.

Limitations with LIKE:

There are some limitations with this clause. Let suppose you use something like '%good' (anything ending with good). It may return irrelevant results like goods, goody.

So make sure you understand what you are doing and what is required.