MySQL Full-Text Search with Limit and Solution

Limiting Full-Text Search Results

Write a MySQL query to perform a full-text search for "innovation" in the "Content" column and limit the results to the top 10 matches.

Solution:

-- Search for the term 'innovation' in the Content column using full-text search.
SELECT * 
FROM Articles
-- Use the MATCH function to search for 'innovation' in the Content column.
WHERE MATCH(Content) AGAINST('innovation')
-- Limit the number of results returned to 10 rows for better performance and focused output.
LIMIT 10;

Explanation:

• Purpose of the Query:
• To retrieve only a subset of results from a full-text search query.
• Demonstrates how to use the LIMIT clause to control result set size.
• Key Components:
• LIMIT 10 : Restricts the output to 10 rows.
• Real-World Application:
• Commonly used in pagination for search results on websites.

Notes:

• LIMIT is useful for improving performance and managing large result sets.
• Combine with ORDER BY for consistent pagination.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a SQL query to perform a full-text search for "innovation" in the Content column and return only the top 5 matches using LIMIT.
• Write a SQL query to search for "technology" in the Content column and limit the output to 15 rows for focused result sets.
• Write a SQL query to execute a full-text search for "research" in the Content column and restrict the result to a single page of 20 results using LIMIT.
• Write a SQL query to search for "development" in the Content column using full-text search and return only the first 10 results.

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