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Deprecated Full-Text Search Features in SQL Server 2008

This topic describes the deprecated full-text search features that are still available in SQL Server 2008. These features are scheduled to be removed in a future release of SQL Server. Deprecated features should not be used in new applications.

You can monitor the use of deprecated features by using the SQL Server:Deprecated Features object performance counter and trace events. For more information, see Using SQL Server Objects.

Features Not Supported in the Next Version of SQL Server

No full-text search features will be discontinued in the next release of SQL Server.

Features Not Supported in a Future Version of SQL Server

The following full-text search features are supported in the next version of SQL Server, but will be removed in a later version. The specific version of SQL Server has not been determined.

The Feature name value appears in trace events as the ObjectName and in performance counters and sys.dm_os_performance_counters as the instance name. The Feature ID value appears in trace events as the ObjectId.

Deprecated feature

Replacement

Feature name

Feature ID

CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG option:

IN PATH 'rootpath'

ON FILEGROUP filegroup

None.

CREATE FULLTEXT CATLOG IN PATH

None.*

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None.*

DATABASEPROPERTYEX property: IsFullTextEnabled

None.

DATABASEPROPERTYEX('IsFullTextEnabled')

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FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY property:

  • LogSize

  • PopulateStatus

None.

FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY('LogSize')

FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY('PopulateStatus')

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FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY property:

  • ConnectTimeout

  • DataTimeout

  • ResourceUsage

None.

FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('ConnectTimeout')

FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('DataTimeout')

FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('ResourceUsage')

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sp_configure options:

  • ft crawl bandwidth

  • ft notify bandwidth

None.

sp_configure 'ft crawl bandwidth (max)'

sp_configure 'ft crawl bandwidth (min)'

sp_configure 'ft notify bandwidth (max)'

sp_configure 'ft notify bandwidth (min)'

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sp_detach_db option:

[ @keepfulltextindexfile = ] 'KeepFulltextIndexFile'

None.

sp_detach_db @keepfulltextindexfile

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sp_fulltext_catalog

CREATE FULL CATALOG

ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG

DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG

sp_fulltext_catalog

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sp_fulltext_column

sp_fulltext_database

sp_fulltext_table

CREATE FULL INDEX

ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX

DROP FULLTEXT INDEX

sp_fulltext_column

sp_fulltext_database

sp_fulltext_table

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sp_help_fulltext_catalogs

sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components

sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor

sp_help_fulltext_columns

sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor

sp_help_fulltext_tables

sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor

sys.fulltext_catalogs

sys.fulltext_index_columns

sys.fulltext_indexes

sp_help_fulltext_catalogs

sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components

sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor

sp_help_fulltext_columns

sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor

sp_help_fulltext_table

sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor

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sp_fulltext_service action values:

  • clean_up, connect_timeout, and data_timeout return zero

  • resource_usage has no function.

None

  • sp_fulltext_service @action=clean_up

  • sp_fulltext_service @action=connect_timeout

  • sp_fulltext_service @action=data_timeout

  • sp_fulltext_service @action=resource_usage

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sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs columns:

  • is_paused

  • previous_status

  • previous_status_description

  • row_count_in_thousands

  • status

  • status_description

  • worker_count

None.

dm_fts_active_catalogs.is_paused

dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status

dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status_description

dm_fts_active_catalogs.row_count_in_thousands

dm_fts_active_catalogs.status

dm_fts_active_catalogs.status_description

dm_fts_active_catalogs.worker_count

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sys.dm_fts_memory_buffers column:

  • row_count

None.

dm_fts_memory_buffers.row_count

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sys.fulltext_catalogs columns:

  • path

  • data_space_id

  • file_id columns

None.

fulltext_catalogs.path

fulltext_catalogs.data_space_id

fulltext_catalogs.file_id

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* The SQL Server:Deprecated Features object does not monitor occurrences of CREATE FULLTEXT CATLOG ON FILEGROUP filegroup.