DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( a int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, b text, c varchar(254) default NULL, PRIMARY KEY (a), FULLTEXT KEY bb(b), FULLTEXT KEY cc(c), FULLTEXT KEY a(b,c) ); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,'lala lolo lili','oooo aaaa pppp'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2,'asdf fdsa','lkjh fghj'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (3,'qpwoei','zmxnvb'); SELECT a, MATCH b AGAINST ('lala lkjh') FROM t1; a MATCH b AGAINST ('lala lkjh') 1 0.67003107070923 2 0 3 0 SELECT a, MATCH c AGAINST ('lala lkjh') FROM t1; a MATCH c AGAINST ('lala lkjh') 1 0 2 0.67756325006485 3 0 SELECT a, MATCH b,c AGAINST ('lala lkjh') FROM t1; a MATCH b,c AGAINST ('lala lkjh') 1 0.64840710163116 2 0.66266459226608 3 0 drop table t1;