I'm trying to edit the my.cnf file so that my search can include 3 letter searches (namely 'SQL') and understand that I have to change the system variable to:

ft_min_word_len = 3

However, I have a number of issues. I seem to have 2 my.cnf files (one in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1 and another in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin) and even though I've edited both of them (in both the mysqld and myisam parts), I still get "ft_min_word_len = 4" when I check the mySQL system variables.

I've tried restarting mySQL and rebuilding the table in question a number of times with no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!