Full Text Index helps to perform complex queries against character data. These queries can include words or phrase searching. We can create a full-text index on a table or indexed view in a database. Only one full-text index is allowed per table or indexed view. The index can contain up to 1024 columns. Software developer Monica Monica, who helped with screenshots also informed that this feature works with the RTM (Ready to Manufacture) version of SQL Server 2008 and does not work on CTP (Community Technology Preview) versions. Let us learn about Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search in this blog post.
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Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Evaluation Configuration Manager R2 now also supports Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates support for application virtualization, and provides an update to operating system deployment capability initially shipped in Configuration Manager. In addition, Client Status Reporting, SQL Reporting, and Forefront Client reporting are all…
Read MoreSQLAuthirty Author Visit – SQL SERVER – User Group Meeting – Ahmedabad – August 30, 2008
I always enjoy participating in SQL Server User Group. We had recent meeting of Ahmedabad User Group on August 30. We had many things discussed in meeting. I enjoyed meeting fellows from different company who visited user group. The major discussion we had was quality of programmers and quality of…
Read MoreSQLAuthority Author Visit – Microsoft Student Partner Conference
The Microsoft Student Partner Program is a worldwide initiative to sponsor students who are interested in technology. The program mainly focuses on improving students skills for enjoyability, called Microsoft Student Partners (MSP). I was recently (August 30, 2008) invited to present technical session at conference held in my City. I…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – 2008 – Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008
The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run SQL Server 2008. The following requirements apply to all SQL Server 2008 installations: 1.Framework SQL Server Setup installs the following software components required by the product: – NET Framework 3.5 – SQL Server Native Client –…
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SQL SERVER – Introduction to Filtered Index – Improve performance with Filtered Index
Filtered Index is a new feature in SQL SERVER 2008. Filtered Index is used to index a portion of rows in a table that means it applies filter on INDEX which improves query performance, reduce index maintenance costs, and reduce index storage costs compared with full-table indexes.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Introduction to Table-Valued Parameters with Example
Table-Valued Parameters is a new feature introduced in SQL SERVER 2008. In earlier versions of SQL SERVER it is not possible to pass a table variable in stored procedure as a parameter, but now in SQL SERVER 2008 we can use Table-Valued Parameter to send multiple rows of data to…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – FIX : ERROR : Could Not Connect to SQL Server – TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x7e, status code 0x60
This is a very common error faced by so many people and I get lots of questions regarding this error. This error occurs due to many reasons and I have already posted few solutions on this error, see if you can find your solution here SQL SERVER – Fix :…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Few Useful DateTime Functions to Find Specific Dates
Recently I have recieved email from Vivek Jamwal, which contains many useful SQL Server Date functions. ----Today SELECT GETDATE() 'Today' ----Yesterday SELECT DATEADD(d,-1,GETDATE()) 'Yesterday' ----First Day of Current Week SELECT DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,0,GETDATE()),0) 'First Day of Current Week' ----Last Day of Current Week SELECT DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,0,GETDATE()),6) 'Last Day of Current Week' ----First Day of Last Week SELECT DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,7,GETDATE()),0) 'First Day of Last Week' ----Last Day of Last Week SELECT DATEADD(wk,DATEDIFF(wk,7,GETDATE()),6) 'Last Day of Last Week' ----First Day of Current Month SELECT DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE()),0) 'First Day of Current Month' ----Last Day of Current Month SELECT DATEADD(ms,- 3,DATEADD(mm,0,DATEADD(mm,DATEDIFF(mm,0,GETDATE())+1,0))) 'Last Day of Current Month' ----First Day of Last Month…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – Introduction to Merge Statement – One Statement for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
MERGE is a new feature that provides an efficient way to perform multiple DML operations. In previous versions of SQL Server, we had to write separate statements to INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE data based on certain conditions, but now, using MERGE statement we can include the logic of such data modifications in one statement that even checks when the data is matched then just update it and when unmatched then insert it.