drop table if exists t1, t2; CREATE TABLE t1 ( id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, sujet VARCHAR(255), motsclefs TEXT, texte MEDIUMTEXT, FULLTEXT(sujet, motsclefs, texte) ); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('123','toto','essai','test'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('456','droit','penal','lawyer'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('789','aaaaa','bbbbb','cccccc'); CREATE TABLE t2 ( id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, author VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('123', 'moi'); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('123', 'lui'); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('456', 'lui'); select match(t1.texte,t1.sujet,t1.motsclefs) against('droit') from t1 left join t2 on t2.id=t1.id; match(t1.texte,t1.sujet,t1.motsclefs) against('droit') 0 0 0.67003107070923 0 select match(t1.texte,t1.sujet,t1.motsclefs) against('droit' IN BOOLEAN MODE) from t1 left join t2 on t2.id=t1.id; match(t1.texte,t1.sujet,t1.motsclefs) against('droit' IN BOOLEAN MODE) 0 0 1 0 drop table t1, t2; create table t1 (venue_id int(11) default null, venue_text varchar(255) default null, dt datetime default null) type=myisam; insert into t1 (venue_id, venue_text, dt) values (1, 'a1', '2003-05-23 19:30:00'),(null, 'a2', '2003-05-23 19:30:00'); create table t2 (name varchar(255) not null default '', entity_id int(11) not null auto_increment, primary key (entity_id), fulltext key name (name)) type=myisam; insert into t2 (name, entity_id) values ('aberdeen town hall', 1), ('glasgow royal concert hall', 2), ('queen\'s hall, edinburgh', 3); select * from t1 left join t2 on venue_id = entity_id where match(name) against('aberdeen' in boolean mode) and dt = '2003-05-23 19:30:00'; venue_id venue_text dt name entity_id 1 a1 2003-05-23 19:30:00 aberdeen town hall 1 select * from t1 left join t2 on venue_id = entity_id where match(name) against('aberdeen') and dt = '2003-05-23 19:30:00'; venue_id venue_text dt name entity_id 1 a1 2003-05-23 19:30:00 aberdeen town hall 1 drop table t1,t2;