Can somebody please explain how to find out if full text search is enabled in SQL 2005.
FTS Installed At the Instance Level
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')
This will return 0 or 1 if full text search is installed (Instance wide).
FTS Enabled At the Database Level
SELECT is_fulltext_enabled FROM sys.databases
WHERE database_id = DB_ID()
This will return 0 or 1 if full text search is enabled in the current database.
See if the SQL Server FullText Indexing service is running.
After that, you have to create a catalog for the database and then the fulltext indexes on the relevant columns.
For more information, refer to the documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142497(SQL.90).aspx
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Connected to Azure SQL Database from SSMS. The versions are (1) Microsoft SQL Azure (RTM) - 12.0.2000.8 (2) SSMS 18.11.1
Rebuild index menu option not available when right click index folder level or individual index level. The snapshots are attached. What is missing ?
(1) Folder level
(2) Index level
I created SQL database in Azure portal.
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I login in MSSM using Azure SQL server credentials.
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I connected to Azure SQL database in MSSM successfully.
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I also didn't get option of rebuild index
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I used below query to check the list of the indexes in the database, with the most fragmented first.
SELECT
OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(ips.OBJECT_ID) 'Schema',
OBJECT_NAME(ips.OBJECT_ID) 'Table',
i.NAME,
ips.index_id,
index_type_desc,
avg_fragmentation_in_percent,
avg_page_space_used_in_percent,
page_count
FROM
sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(DB_ID(), NULL, NULL, NULL, 'SAMPLED') ips
INNER JOIN
sys.indexes i
ON (ips.object_id = i.object_id)
AND
(
ips.index_id = i.index_id
)
ORDER BY
avg_fragmentation_in_percent DESC
I got the output as below:
I rebuild index of TestTable using below code:
ALTER INDEX <indexName> ON <TableName> REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = ON)
Output:
It worked successfully in my machine please check from your end.
I'm trying to get iFilter to work, I'm running Windows 10 64-bit with MS SQL Server 2017/2016 Developer version. I've downloaded the 64-bit version of iFilter 11 from Adobe website and I followed their guide here. Even though it's for MS SQL 2008/2012 it's still pretty easy to follow.
My problem is that the full-text search doesn't return any results.
I installed iFilter 11 64-bit and added it to the system PATH. I confirmed that this is working by restarting the pc and finding the DLL from cmd.
After that, because I didn't have the FullText search component of MSSQL Server, I installed it and started the SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Launcher (I also restarted the main MSSQL Server instance).
I already had a DB and apparently FullText search are enabled by default now so I continued with the installation.
I loaded the components and verified that everything is recognized by running the following queries:
GO
PRINT FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')
exec sp_fulltext_service 'load_os_resources', 1
exec sp_fulltext_service 'verify_signature', 0
/* Verify if iFilter is installed */
SELECT * FROM sys.fulltext_document_types WHERE document_type = '.pdf'
GO
/* Restart MSSQL before continuing */
/* Enable fulltext search on the database */
Use [db]
GO
EXEC sp_fulltext_database 'enable'
GO
Use [db]
DROP TABLE pdfifiltertable
GO
CREATE TABLE pdfifiltertable(
PdfID INT IDENTITY NOT NULL,
PdfFileName VARCHAR(MAX),
Ext VARCHAR(10),
PdfText VARBINARY(MAX),
CONSTRAINT PK_PdfID PRIMARY KEY (PdfID)
)
GO
CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG pdfCatalog AS DEFAULT
GO
CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX ON pdfifiltertable([PdfText] Type column [Ext] LANGUAGE 'French'
) KEY INDEX PK_PdfID with change_tracking auto
GO
/* Check if the table correctly have a fulltext_index */
SELECT distinct
object_name(fic.[object_id]) table_name,
[name] column_name
FROM
sys.fulltext_index_columns fic
INNER JOIN sys.columns c
ON c.[object_id] = fic.[object_id]
AND c.[column_id] = fic.[column_id]
GO
/* Try to search (doesn't work) */
SELECT PdfFileName
FROM [db].[dbo].[pdfifiltertable]
WHERE CONTAINS(PdfText, 'Adobe')
With the queries I was able to:
Verify that the FullText Search component is installed
I was able to load the different filters and verify that iFilter was
being loaded.
I have also made sure that fulltext is enabled on the database even
though it is on by default.
I've created a table and a catalog and I specified the most complex
language that it will be used for (French).
After creating my table and my catalog I ran a query to verify that
the PdfText column had a text index and it did.
Following Adobe own guide, I created their sample WinForm application to upload PDFs. I uploaded 2 PDF, one in French, the other in English. I then searched for simple words that should be contained in them but no results were returned.
I have tried rebuilding the Catalog and rebuilding all index for my pdf table but it didn't change the result.
I tried Installing iFilter 9 by downloading the file PDFiFilter64installer.zip from Adobe ftp in case the newest version had any problem. Unfortunately, it doesn't work either. I have ran a profiler on the MSSQL server and no error is being thrown.
I have searched and gathered multiple related questions which helped me build my complete troubleshooting. I will link them so that they are easier to search together:
SQL Server : full-text pdf search results using contains and ifilters - Not answered
Using full-text search with PDF files in SQL Server 2008 - No working answer for MSSQL 2017.
Using full-text search with PDF files in SQL Server 2005 - Not working for MSSQL 2017 either.
I'm thinking that maybe iFilter just doesn't work on newer OS and newer version of MSSQL.
Try to use iFilter 9 - ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/9.x/PDFiFilter64installer.zip and install it to a short path (C:\iFilter works for me).
I got it working on SQL Server 2019
Following these tips
https://dba-presents.com/index.php/databases/sql-server/48-full-text-search-with-pdf-documents-in-sql-server-2014
using a newer URL to the iFilter:
https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5542&fileID=5550
I used the short name version of my iFilter path (i.e. c:\SQLSer~1\IFilter)
I had a little challenge getting the SQL Server account to access the IFilter\bin directory but used this
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/fix-failed-to-enumerate-objects-in-the-container
to help me get that straight.
I restarted my computer after I did all the steps (because not doing so didn't work for me)
and now it works for me. Hope this is useful to someone else.
I have a sql server 2012 box that hosts hundreds of databases. All databases use full text indexing. The indexing has stopped working.
executing this query:
SELECT status_description
FROM sys.dm_fts_index_population
returns status_description equal to Starting for all databases where there has been recent activity.
I created a new database and created a full text index. It has the same problem, the population is not completing.
What can be the cause? Can I somehow reset the full text index service without restaring SQL Server service itself?
I want to find the name of full text search catalog on my SQL Server 2008 database. How can I do that using SQl Server Management Studio or TSQL. I tried using:
SELECT FullTextServiceProperty('IsFullTextInstalled')
and it returns 1.
This query will help:
select name, *
from sys.fulltext_catalogs
You can have more than one full-text search catalog, so the query will return all of them. The one that is default will have is_default = 1.
How to get started with Fulltext Search in SQL Server 2008
read these links:
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search
Using Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008
Setting Up Full Text Search: A Step-by-step Guide
Full-Text Search (SQL Server)
SQL Server 2008 Full Text Search Best Practices from the SQL CAT Team
I would add those links from Simple Talk's web site:
Understanding Full-Text Indexing in SQL Server
SQL Server Full Text Search Language Features
SQL Server Full Text Search Language Features - Part 2