See the manual, and SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'ft_%'
Looks like this is something new to 4. My ISP has 20+ db servers so reckon it will be a while before they roll 4 out. Will email them. Thanks for the info.
However this douse not help me in the immediate future and I still need to find a alternative fullsearch method.
Ben
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