How to use CONTAINS with inline queries in SQL Server 2008? - sql

Question

I have this sql query where I'm trying to use CONTAINS to search the title field.
But I get this error.
"Cannot use a CONTAINS or FREETEXT predicate on column 'Title' because it is not full-text indexed."
The Titles table has been indexed and a CONTAINS works fine with a simple search.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Are CONTAIN queries not supported with inline queries?
This query is being ran in SQL Server 2008.
SELECT pi.PublisherGUID, pi.Publisher, pi.TitleGUID, pi.Title,
pi.YearsPublished, pi.FrontImage, pi.IssueGUID, pi.IssueNumber,
pi.IssueVariation, pi.IssueNotes, pi.CoverDate, pi.IsForSale
FROM (
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY PublicIssues.Title,PublicIssues.IssueNumber) AS RowNum,
PublicIssues.PublisherGUID, PublicIssues.Publisher,
PublicIssues.TitleGUID, PublicIssues.Title,
PublicIssues.YearsPublished, PublicIssues.FrontImage,
PublicIssues.IssueGUID, PublicIssues.IssueNumber,
PublicIssues.IssueVariation, PublicIssues.IssueNotes,
PublicIssues.CoverDate, PublicIssues.IsForSale
FROM (SELECT dbo.tblTitles.PublisherGUID, dbo.tblPublishers.Name AS Publisher,
dbo.tblTitles.TitleGUID, dbo.tblTitles.Title,
dbo.tblTitles.YearsPublished, dbo.tblIssues.IssueGUID,
dbo.tblIssues.IssueNumber, dbo.tblIssues.IssueVariation,
dbo.tblIssues.IssueNotes, dbo.tblIssues.CoverDate,
dbo.tblStockIssueImages.FrontImage,
ci_owner.IssueForSale(dbo.tblIssues.IssueGUID) AS IsForSale
FROM dbo.tblStockIssueImages RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.tblIssues ON
dbo.tblStockIssueImages.StockIssueImageGUID = dbo.tblIssues.StockIssueImageGUID
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.tblTitles INNER JOIN
dbo.tblPublishers ON dbo.tblTitles.PublisherGUID = dbo.tblPublishers.PublisherGUID
ON dbo.tblIssues.TitleGUID = dbo.tblTitles.TitleGUID
)
AS PublicIssues
WHERE 1=1 AND CONTAINS(Title,#xTitle)
) AS pi
WHERE RowNum BETWEEN (#xPageNum - 1) * #xPageSize + 1 AND
#xPageNum * #xPageSize ORDER BY pi.Title

Answer 1

Indeed, in the context of PublicIssues, Title is not full-text indexed.
It is indexed in the the table tblTitles.
I think it may be possible to move the CONTAINS predicate inside the expression which defines PublicIssues. Something like the following. However I suspect (with the hint of the 1=1) that the idea is to have various other criteria, and it may not be feasible to have all of them "inside". It being [apparently] dynamic SQL, it may be feasible to craft the query by placing the search criteria in one of the two locations as appropriate.
FROM (SELECT dbo.tblTitles.PublisherGUID, dbo.tblPublishers.Name AS Publisher,
dbo.tblTitles.TitleGUID, dbo.tblTitles.Title,
dbo.tblTitles.YearsPublished, dbo.tblIssues.IssueGUID,
dbo.tblIssues.IssueNumber, dbo.tblIssues.IssueVariation,
dbo.tblIssues.IssueNotes, dbo.tblIssues.CoverDate,
dbo.tblStockIssueImages.FrontImage,
ci_owner.IssueForSale(dbo.tblIssues.IssueGUID) AS IsForSale
FROM dbo.tblStockIssueImages RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.tblIssues ON
dbo.tblStockIssueImages.StockIssueImageGUID = dbo.tblIssues.StockIssueImageGUID
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.tblTitles INNER JOIN
dbo.tblPublishers ON dbo.tblTitles.PublisherGUID = dbo.tblPublishers.PublisherGUID
ON dbo.tblIssues.TitleGUID = dbo.tblTitles.TitleGUID
WHERE CONTAINS(Title,#xTitle) --- this lined moved
)
AS PublicIssues