[ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread jonese
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

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread Teddy R. Payne
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:

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread jonese
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.comwrote: SELECT * FROM author WHERE CONTAINS(authorForeName, N'B') AND

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread jonese
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,

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread Teddy R. Payne
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

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread jonese
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

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2009-01-23 Thread shawn gorrell
How big is the table? It shouldn't take long at all to build the indexes. From: jonese gig...@gmail.com To: discussion@acfug.org Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:22:32 PM Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question I'm thinking the index is

RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread Mary Spencer
Thought you might like this one... Mary Spencer This is allegedly true story from the Word Perfect help line. Word Perfect Technical Desk, may I help you?Yes, well, I'm having trouble with Word Perfect.What sort of trouble?Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went

RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread Mary Spencer
Thought you might like this one Mary Spencer This is allegedly true story from the Word Perfect help line. Word Perfect Technical Desk, may I help you?Yes, well, I'm having trouble with Word Perfect.What sort of trouble?Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Full Text Search Query Question

2009-01-23 Thread Darin Kohles
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