DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2; CREATE TABLE t1 ( id mediumint unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, tag char(6) NOT NULL default '', value text NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY kt(tag), KEY kv(value(15)), FULLTEXT KEY kvf(value) ) ENGINE=MyISAM; Warnings: Warning 1101 BLOB/TEXT column 'value' can't have a default value CREATE TABLE t2 ( id_t2 mediumint unsigned NOT NULL default '0', id_t1 mediumint unsigned NOT NULL default '0', field_number tinyint unsigned NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (id_t2,id_t1,field_number), KEY id_t1(id_t1) ) ENGINE=MyISAM; INSERT INTO t1 (tag,value) VALUES ('foo123','bar111'); INSERT INTO t1 (tag,value) VALUES ('foo123','bar222'); INSERT INTO t1 (tag,value) VALUES ('bar345','baz333 ar'); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2231626,64280,0); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2231626,64281,0); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (12346, 3, 1); SELECT * FROM t1; id tag value 1 foo123 bar111 2 foo123 bar222 3 bar345 baz333 ar SELECT * FROM t2; id_t2 id_t1 field_number 12346 3 1 2231626 64280 0 2231626 64281 0 SELECT DISTINCT t2.id_t2 FROM t2, t1 WHERE MATCH (t1.value) AGAINST ('baz333') AND t1.id = t2.id_t1; id_t2 12346 SELECT DISTINCT t2.id_t2 FROM t2, t1 WHERE MATCH (t1.value) AGAINST ('baz333' IN BOOLEAN MODE) AND t1.id = t2.id_t1; id_t2 12346 DROP TABLE t1, t2;