DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET gbk, FULLTEXT(a)); SET NAMES utf8; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(0xF043616161),(0xBEF361616197C22061616161); SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1 WHERE MATCH(a) AGAINST(0x97C22061616161 IN BOOLEAN MODE); HEX(a) BEF361616197C22061616161 DELETE FROM t1 LIMIT 1; CHECK TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 check status OK SET NAMES latin1; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1(a VARCHAR(2) CHARACTER SET big5 COLLATE big5_chinese_ci, FULLTEXT(a)); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(0xA3C2); DROP TABLE t1; create table t1 ( id varchar(255), business_name text null collate utf8mb4_unicode_ci, street_address text, fulltext index ft (business_name), fulltext index ft2 (street_address) ); select * from t1 where match (business_name, street_address) against ('some business name and address here'); ERROR HY000: Can't find FULLTEXT index matching the column list select * from t1 where match (business_name, street_address) against ('some business name and address here' in boolean mode); id business_name street_address drop table t1;