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, round(MATCH b AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) FROM t1; a round(MATCH b AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) 1 0.67003 2 0.00000 3 0.00000 SELECT a, round(MATCH c AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) FROM t1; a round(MATCH c AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) 1 0.00000 2 0.67756 3 0.00000 SELECT a, round(MATCH b,c AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) FROM t1; a round(MATCH b,c AGAINST ('lala lkjh'),5) 1 0.64841 2 0.66266 3 0.00000 drop table t1;