CREATE TABLE folder_searchable_text ( `folder_id` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, PRIMARY KEY(folder_id), `folder_text` text, KEY `folder_searchable_text_folder_indx` (`folder_id`), FULLTEXT KEY `folder_text` (`folder_text`) ) Type=MyISAM; -- generate the data insert into folder_searchable_text (folder_id, folder_text) SELECT id, name from folders;