MySQL Full-Text Search with WHERE Filter and Solution

Full-Text Search with a WHERE Clause Filter

Write a MySQL query to search for the term "security" in the "Content" column and filter results by articles published in 2024.

Solution:

-- Search for 'security' and filter results for articles published in 2024.

-- Select all columns from the Articles table where the Content column matches the term 'security'.
SELECT * 
-- Specify the table from which to retrieve the data.
FROM Articles

-- Use the MATCH...AGAINST clause to perform a full-text search for the term 'security'.
WHERE MATCH(Content) AGAINST('security')

-- Add an additional condition to filter results to only include articles published in the year 2024.
-- The YEAR function extracts the year from the PublishDate column.
AND YEAR(PublishDate) = 2024;

Explanation:

• Purpose of the Query:
• To locate articles about "security" published in a specific year.
• Combines full-text search with a date filter.
• Key Components:
• MATCH(Content) AGAINST('security') : Full-text search on the Content column.
• AND YEAR(PublishDate) = 2024 : Filters articles by the publication year.
• Real-World Application:
• Ideal for applications needing to narrow down search results based on time periods.

Notes:

• Ensure that the PublishDate column is correctly formatted.
• Full-text search is applied first, and then the date filter narrows the results.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a MySQL query to search for "security" in the "Content" column and filter the results to include only articles published in the current month.
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• Write a MySQL query to search for "compliance" in the "Content" column and filter results based on a specific category from a joined table.
• Write a MySQL query to execute a full-text search for "regulation" in the "Content" column and restrict results to those published within the last 7 days.

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