Why does this SQL query give correct results on my local database, but wrong result on the server database?

Question

On my local MySQL database, this query to search for a specific word "samy" gives me the correct data consisting of two 2 results:

SELECT * 
FROM members

LEFT JOIN member_details
ON members.id_members = member_details.id_member

LEFT JOIN company_details
ON members.id_members = company_details.id_member

WHERE MATCH(name, lastname, email, phone, adress, 
  website, company_name, company_phone_01, 
  company_phone_02, company_fax, company_email, 
  company_description, company_adress, company_website) 
AGAINST("samy*" IN BOOLEAN MODE)

But when I run the same request on the server's mysql database, it returns all of the members data. It does however work when I do this:

WHERE MATCH(name, lastname, email, phone, adress, website) 
AGAINST("samy*" IN BOOLEAN MODE)

What is going wrong?

Answer 1

Guess: LocalDB is MyISAM, Production DB is InnoDB (which does not support full-text searches required by MATCH AGAINST)