mysql full text search

[ahurd]

I am considering using oscommerce but want advanced search to be "in boolean mode" (full text search) available in mysql 4. Will this be very difficult to implement in osc. I am a rank beginner at php, but the php for these searches seems to be quite simple. The problem may not be just to rewrite a search module but how it interacts with the rest of the code. Appreciate any help.

 

Albert Hurd

[project_aism]

Shouldn't be a big problem.

 

Most of the OSC search code is pretty basic. You shouldn't have any problems with converting these to full text searches, and you could probably get away with not touching the presentation code if you return the same columns as the standard search queries.

 

Then simply add fulltext indexes to the text columns of the products table.

[ahurd]

Thanks so much for your reply. Could you tell me which file needs to be changed or is it possible I must change several---I am such a beginner. Thanks again.

 

Albert