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Full-Text Index Dialog Box

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Create a full-text index if you want to perform full-text searches on text-based columns in your database tables. A full-text index relies on a regular index, so you will need to create that first. The regular index must be created on a single, non-null column, and it is best to choose a column with small values rather than a column with large ones. For more information, see How to: Create Indexes.

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To create a full-text index, you must first create a full-text catalog for the database using an outside tool, such as SQL Workbench or Enterprise Manager.

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Full-text index functionality is not available in Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005.

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  • Selected Full-Text Index
    Lists existing full-text indexes. Select an index to show its properties in the grid to the right. If the list is empty, no full-text relationships have been defined for the table.

  • Add Button
    Creates a new full-text index.

  • Delete Button
    Deletes the full-text index selected in the Selected Full-Text Index list.

  • General Category
    Expanded, shows Columns and Full-text Catalog Name.

  • Columns
    Displays a comma-separated list of the names of full-text-searchable columns. To see the complete list, click the ellipsis (…) to the left of the property field.

  • Full-Text Catalog Name
    Displays the name of the full-text catalog on which this full-text index is stored. To store the index on a different catalog, click the catalog name and choose another from the drop-down list.

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    The catalog must be created first in an outside tool, such as SQL Workbench or Enterprise Manager.

  • Identity Category
    Expanded, shows the name field for this index.

  • Name
    Displays the system-specified name for this full-text index.

  • Table Designer Category
    Expanded, shows properties that dictate how the index performs.

  • Active
    Shows whether you can currently perform a full-text search using this full-text index.

  • Change Tracking Setting
    Describes the status of change tracking for this index: Manual, Auto, or Off.

  • Crawl Completed
    Shows whether the most recent crawl has been completed. If this property value is No, then a crawl is currently in progress.

  • End Date And Time Of Current Or Last Crawl
    Displays the date and time that the most recent crawl ended.

  • Errors In Current Or Last Crawl
    Displays the number of errors in current or most recent crawl.

  • Index Version
    Displays the schema version of table at time the crawl started.

  • Rows In Current Or Last Crawl
    Displays the number of rows updated in the current or most recent crawl.

  • Start Date And Time Of Current Or Last Crawl
    Displays the date and time that the current or most recent crawl started.

  • Time Stamp For Next Crawl
    Displays the date and time that the next crawl will start.

  • Type Of Current Or Last Crawl
    Displays the type of the current or most recent crawl: Full, Incremental, Update, or Auto Propagation.

  • Unique Index Name
    Displays a list of all of the names of columns in this database that have unique single-column indexes. These columns can be used to create a full-text index.

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Other Resources

Working with Indexes