Why FREETEXT is not working ?

  • If I am trying :

    SELECT * FROM table WHERE Statement LIKE '%SIMPSON BART%'

    I get 3 rows.

    But if I try:

    SELECT * FROM table WHERE FREETEXT(Statement,'SIMPSON BART' )

    I get none.

    In fact it doesn't matter what I am typing in the 2nd param of the FREETEXT - I get nothing.

    Notice (just to avoid some questions) :

    1. MS SQL Server Search Service is up & running!

    2. I've defined already a full-text catalog for that table (and the index is fully populated).

    3. Version: SQL Server 2000 Standard Ed. SP3 (don't laugh on me please.... not my fault)

    And I have another question: how can I verify that the full-text index was created correctly ??? (I've seen in the log, at the approximative moment of the creation of this index a message like 'not enough memory' but without any notice about during what operation this error appeared .... I have the external files created in the folder I specified at the moment of creation, but just in case ...

  • Your best bet is to drop the index and rebuild it if you're not sure it's created correctly.  There is no way, that I know of, to check and verify that it was created correctly.

    Sorry.

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