sys.fulltext_document_types (Transact-SQL)

Returns a row for each document type that is available for full-text indexing operations. Each row represents the IFilter interface that is registered in the instance of SQL Server.

Column name

Data type

Description

document_type

sysname

The file extension of the supported document type.

This value can be used to identify the filter that will be used during full-text indexing of columns of type varbinary(max) or image.

class_id

uniqueidentifier

GUID of the IFilter class that supports file extension.

path

nvarchar(260)

The path to the IFilter DLL. The path is only visible to members of the serveradmin fixed server role.

version

sysname

Version of the IFilter DLL.

manufacturer

sysname

Name of the IFilter manufacturer.

Permissions

In SQL Server 2005 and later versions, the visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns or on which the user has been granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.