CREATE TABLE `comment_searchable_text`( `comment_id` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, `body` TEXT, `document_id` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, UNIQUE KEY `id` (`comment_id`), FULLTEXT INDEX `comment_search_text` (`body`) ) Type=MyISAM; INSERT INTO `comment_searchable_text` (comment_id, body, document_id) SELECT DC.id, CONCAT(DC.body, ' ', DC.subject), DT.document_id FROM discussion_comments AS DC INNER JOIN discussion_threads AS DT ON (DC.thread_id = DT.id);