No worries, hope you issue gets resolved. Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:22 PM, jonese <gig...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking the index is just not finished being built and this is causing > issues. i'm going to give it a day (or weekend as the case may be) to catch > up and settle down... > thanks for your efforts though teddy! > ___________________ > Eric Jones aka jonese > http://www.jonese.us > http://twitter.com/jonese > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Teddy R. Payne > <teddyrpa...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> And this: >> >> SELECT >> * >> FROM >> ( >> SELECT >> * >> FROM >> author >> WHERE >> CONTAINS(authorLastName, N'"LYNE"') >> ) q1 >> WHERE >> CONTAINS(authorFirstName, N'"B"') >> >> >> Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD >> Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:11 PM, jonese <gig...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Still returns zero records. >>> if i do >>> select * from author >>> WHERE CONTAINS(authorLastName, N'"LYNE"') >>> i get 6 records, one of those has a forename of B >>> >>> If i do >>> select * >>> from author >>> WHERE CONTAINS(authorForeName, N'"B"') >>> i get zero records >>> >>> If I do >>> select * >>> from author >>> WHERE CONTAINS(authorForeName, N'"*B*"') >>> >>> I get 5 results but none of them are just forename of B >>> >>> wierd..... >>> ___________________ >>> Eric Jones aka jonese >>> http://www.jonese.us >>> http://twitter.com/jonese >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Teddy R. Payne <teddyrpa...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, try this then if you are using SQL Server: >>>> >>>> USE WhateverYourDatabaseIs; >>>> GO >>>> >>>> DECLARE >>>> @foreName nvarchar(100) >>>> , @lastName nvarchar(100) >>>> >>>> SELECT >>>> @foreName = N'B' >>>> , @lastName = N'Lyne' >>>> >>>> SELECT >>>> * >>>> FROM >>>> author >>>> WHERE >>>> CONTAINS(authorForeName, @foreName) AND CONTAINS(authorLastName, >>>> @lastName) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD >>>> Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:51 PM, jonese <gig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 >>>>> Incorrect syntax near 'N'B''. >>>>> ___________________ >>>>> Eric Jones aka jonese >>>>> http://www.jonese.us >>>>> http://twitter.com/jonese >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Teddy R. Payne < >>>>> teddyrpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> SELECT * >>>>>> FROM author >>>>>> WHERE CONTAINS(authorForeName, "N'B'") AND CONTAINS(authorLastName, >>>>>> "N'LYNE'") >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you try the above query? Which is a slight derivation on yours. >>>>>> >>>>>> Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD >>>>>> Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:42 PM, jonese <gig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Teddy, >>>>>>> Nope the quotes are all ok. the value is in single quotes after the N >>>>>>> (yes it's nVarChar) and the double quote are for phrases. In my example >>>>>>> i >>>>>>> could have removed the double quotes and gotten the same results etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The syntax appears to be A-OK because i get no errors. I'm just not >>>>>>> getting why i can't search on MULTIPLE columns with MULTIPLE values >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> are in a fulltext index.. >>>>>>> ___________________ >>>>>>> Eric Jones aka jonese >>>>>>> http://www.jonese.us >>>>>>> http://twitter.com/jonese >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Teddy R. Payne < >>>>>>> teddyrpa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What is the data type of the columns you are referencing? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (authorForeName, N'"B"') The N there I believe is a reference for >>>>>>>> nVarchar if you are allowing i10n compatibility. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The syntax looks wonky as I thought it was only a single quote like >>>>>>>> N'B' >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Then you can wrap it up in double quotes like "N'B'" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So I suspect you quotes are out of order. Double quote then the N >>>>>>>> then the single quote then the literal string then single quote then >>>>>>>> double >>>>>>>> quote. Savvy? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD >>>>>>>> Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM, jonese <gig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have two columns authorForeNAme and authorLastName and i'm trying >>>>>>>>> to search against a Full Text index to find a specific author. >>>>>>>>> i thought i could do this: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> SELECT * >>>>>>>>> FROM author >>>>>>>>> WHERE CONTAINS(authorForeName, N'"B"') AND CONTAINS(authorLastName, >>>>>>>>> N'"LYNE"') >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But it returns zero records. however if i do >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> select * >>>>>>>>> from author >>>>>>>>> WHERE authorForeName = 'B'' AND CONTAINS(authorLastName, N'"LYNE"') >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I get my desired results. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Why doesn't the first query work as expected? >>>>>>>>> ___________________ >>>>>>>>> Eric Jones aka jonese >>>>>>>>> http://www.jonese.us >>>>>>>>> http://twitter.com/jonese >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
