ignore_chars vs specials indexer { mem_limit = 16M } searchd { } source srctest { type = mysql sql_query = SELECT * FROM test_table } index test { source = srctest path = /test ignore_chars = U+002D } hello -world -hello world hello world CREATE TABLE `test_table` ( `document_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0', `body` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '' ) DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test_table` INSERT INTO `test_table` VALUES ( 1, 'hello world' ), ( 2, 'hello' ), ( 3, 'world' )