|  | Posted by frizzle on 06/17/97 11:39 
Jerry Stuckle wrote:> frizzle wrote:
 > > pjSoni wrote:
 > >
 > >>Hi
 > >>
 > >>Try to do like when admin enters article he should enter <SPLIT> tag
 > >>from where you want break with article so when you read from db try to
 > >>split from split tag.
 > >>
 > >>Regards,
 > >>Jatin
 > >
 > >
 > > Thanks all for the replies.
 > > I understand what bobzimuta and pjSoni are saying with the intro thing,
 > > but i need two different fields, so the intro in the fulltext can
 > > differ from just te intro.
 > >
 > > I think i'll go with Jerry's: SELECT COUNT(id) FROM texttable WHERE
 > > id=1;
 > > But the id of the fulltext would have to match the exact id of the
 > > record with intro and other info?
 > > Would it matter if i added LIMIT 1 to it, so the DB won't go on?
 > >
 > > How careful should i be asigning extra indexes? I read somewhere, that
 > > if i asign indexes to fields that aren't going te be updated a lot,
 > > it's not bad, otherwise it would take a lot of time ...
 > >
 > > And now i also have second thoughts about my field in the topic records
 > > with the number of replies.
 > > It goes against normalization, but i thought it would save a lot of
 > > calculating time ...
 > >
 > > Frizzle.
 > >
 >
 > Yes, it has to match the key of the other table.  It would also the
 > primary key of that entry.  Being a primary key, it would be unique.
 >
 > Also, if your use INNODB tables you can make it a foreign key
 > referencing the other table.
 >
 > You shouldn't need to add LIMIT 1 to the query because you have a unique
 > index on the field.  MySQL should be able to fetch everything it needs
 > from the index (which, unlike the table, is in order).
 >
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 > Jerry Stuckle
 > JDS Computer Training Corp.
 > jstucklex@attglobal.net
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 Why is this unlike the table in order? Since both are probably created
 in the same instance. The Fulltext indexes have a bigger chance *not*
 to be in order, since they could be added later ...
 
 And what exactly do you mean with a foreign key ?
 
 Frizzle.
 
 (Thanks a lot for your effort to help me!)
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