mysql full text index of flat file

[amiz]

can i create full text index to flat file html content without storing the html data in a mysql table?

hint - why sould i save it twice and waste hard disk space?

-A

[physics]

I don't think so. But you could just switch over to using PHP/HTML, i.e. store your page content in the database and pull it out with PHP to show on the page. That way you can build in a search engine and other dynamic features also.