Sql-server – How to set full text catalog location SQL Server 2008/2012

full-text-searchsql-server-2008sql-server-2012

I want to upgrade my SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2012. In SQL Server 2005 you can set the location of the full text catalog when you create it. But in SQL Server 2012 (and in SQL Server 2008 from what I can deduce from online chatter) you cannot specify the location.

In SQL Server 2005 it was important to be able to set this location because, for performance reasons, we put the catalogs on separate disk. I understand that the full text engine has changed starting in SQL Server 2008 but I can't find information on where the catalogs get physically created and if putting them on a separate disk is still a best practice.

How can I set the catalog location in SQL Server 2008/2012? Or is the best practice of storing them on separate disks no longer necessary to follow?

Best Answer

  1. Create a ft catalog
  2. Create a filegroup for your ft index
  3. Create a file in the filegroup you created above on the drive you want the ft index on
  4. Right-click on the table you want to create the ft index for
  5. Select Full-text Index -> Define Full-text index...
  6. On the first page of the wizard, click Next
  7. Select the unique index to use, click Next
  8. Select the columns to index, click Next
  9. Select the preferred change tracking, click Next
  10. Select the ft catalog you created
  11. Use the Select index filegroup pulldown to select the ft filegroup you created
  12. Click Next
  13. Create a schedule if you wish, click Next
  14. Click Finish, click Close
  15. Richt-click the table, select Full-text Index -> Properties
  16. Verify the correct filegroup is indicated
Related Question