Enhancing SQL Server Searches with Elasticsearch and Python
Learn how to get started with Elasticsearch with data in your SQL Server database.
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full text search
How to Enable and Disable Full Text Search for SQL Server Databases
Learn how to enable or disable full text search for a specific database on a SQL Server instance where the Full Text Search components have been setup.
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Experiments with full text search
Would a crazy idea using full text thesaurus and phonetic keys actually have worked?
2019-03-26
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2013-03-19
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Full Text Searches on Documents in FileTables
SQL Server's FileTable technology is an intriguing way of accomodating file-based text data in a database, and allowing for complex searches. The best way of learning FileTable is to try it out and experiment. Feodor shows how to set it up, add some sample data and set up full-text search.
2013-03-19
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2012-10-16
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2012-10-04
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2011-08-22
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers