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you can use BOOLEAN search in FULLTEXT ..Refer here:<br />
<a href="http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/1587371" rel="ugc">http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/1587371</a><br />
<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Boolean.html" rel="ugc nofollow">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Boolean.html</a>
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you can use BOOLEAN search in FULLTEXT ..Refer here:
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/1587371 [http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/1587371]
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Boolean.html [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Fulltext_Boolean.html]

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1) Is there a way to set up a full text search to ignore punctuation?<br />
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2) Is there a way for a full text search to give higher priority to a certain field when ranking the results?
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1) Is there a way to set up a full text search to ignore punctuation?

2) Is there a way for a full text search to give higher priority to a certain field when ranking the results?

Ignoring punctuation in full text search

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