What method should be used for searching this mysql dataset?

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I've got a mysql dataset that contains 86 million rows.

I need to have a relatively fast search through this data.

The data I'll be searching through is all strings.

I also need to do partial matches.

Now, if I have 'foobar' and search for '%oob%' I know it'll be really slow - it has to look at every row to see if there is a match.

What methods can be used to speed queries like this up?

G-Man

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