Setting Up Full-Text Indexes

Setting up full-text indexes is not a one-step process. With increased flexibility often comes increased complexity. Assuming the Microsoft Search service is started, the process required to set up a specific table column so that it can be searched with full-text search syntax such as the CONTAINS predicate and the FREETEXTTABLE rowset function includes six steps.

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Full-text indexing must be enabled in the host database.
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Full-text catalogs must be created for the database.
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Full-text indexing must then be enabled for the host table and associated with a full-text catalog.
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The column is then added to the table's full-text index.
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This full-text index is then activated.
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The full-text catalog must then be ...

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