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Hi, group,
Made these days some tests and not understand very clear how contains or
containstable perform the search.
The catalog was built on 2...5 columns, various scenarios.
I tried with 2 words I am sure they exists in 2 different fields, but
contains nor containstable does not return those records. I tried both
"Johny Walker" and "Johny" AND "Walker" and no succes.
Is there any syntax allowing me to find "Johny" in a field AND "Walker" in
other field, in the same record, both fields included in FT catalog?
Thank you,
Renato
Not really. Both words must be in the same column with a Contains search, a
FreeText search can look across columns.
Hilary Cotter
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"Renato Aranghelovici" <renatoa@.rdslink.ro> wrote in message
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> Hi, group,
> Made these days some tests and not understand very clear how contains or
> containstable perform the search.
> The catalog was built on 2...5 columns, various scenarios.
> I tried with 2 words I am sure they exists in 2 different fields, but
> contains nor containstable does not return those records. I tried both
> "Johny Walker" and "Johny" AND "Walker" and no succes.
> Is there any syntax allowing me to find "Johny" in a field AND "Walker" in
> other field, in the same record, both fields included in FT catalog?
> Thank you,
> Renato
>
|||Ok, thank you.
This responded only partially to my initial request: if I want to find all
records that contains "Johny" in any indexed field AND "Walker" in other
indexed field ( or both in the same field) is this possible with free text
search ? And how?
Thank you,
Renato
"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Not really. Both words must be in the same column with a Contains search,
> a FreeText search can look across columns.
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Renato Aranghelovici" <renatoa@.rdslink.ro> wrote in message
> news:OYRS%234SIGHA.3000@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>