Thanks, for letting us know. I'll try to find out what happened to it (as
author, I have some stake in it's maintenance ;-). I'll post back here what
I find out...
> Thanks for the update, John.
> just curious...why is the online troubleshooter for FT queries at
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/tshoot/sql7fts.asp offline ?
> is there an alternative ?
> thanks,
> Dinesh.
> > Jacob,
> > Do you get similar errors with other FTS queries against other
databases?
> > For example, if you FT enable the pubs database and create a FT Catalog
on
> > the authors table and run a CONTAINS query do you get the same error?
> > If not, consider dropping the FT Catalog "DBACatalog" and re-create it
and
> > run a Full Population and re-test your query. Note, this is a bug in SQL
> > Server 7.0 and the "un-known result" (2f9f974) is garbage data. If this
> > problem persists, consider opening a support case with Microsoft PSS SQL
> > Server Support.
> > Regards,
> > John
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > > It is for all searches. The ms search service is running.
> > > I have rebuilt the index many times and it still says the
> > > same thing when you query against it. The server is SQL
> > > 7.0 service pack 3 with the latest hot fix.
> > > Thanks,Jacob
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Jacob,
> > > >I just had a trial run and it works fine for me...
> > > >is it only with "tests" or for all searches?
> > > >is the ms search service running?
> > > >Dinesh.
> > > message
> > > >> Dinesh,
> > > >> Thanks for the quick reply. I put the wrong query in my
> > > >> original post. The query is below. I still get the same
> > > >> error when I execute it.
> > > >> select name from functions where contains(name,'tests')
> > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >Jacob,
> > > >> >No need to put column name in quotes.
> > > >> >shld be...
> > > >> > select [name] from dbo.[functions] where contains
> > > >> ([name],'test')
> > > >> >also, if you are searching with "this" , the error may
> > > be
> > > >> because "this" is
> > > >> >a noise word.
> > > >> >PS:I enclosed the sql key words in square brackets..not
> > > >> compulsary, but
> > > >> >helps.
> > > >> >Dinesh.
> > > >> message
> > > >> >> Has anyone seen an error like the one below? If you
> > > >> have,
> > > >> >> what can be done to fix it. The query is below as
> > > well.
> > > >> >> select name from functions where contains
> > > ('name','test')
> > > >> >> Search on full-text catalog 'DBACatalog' for
> > > database ID
> > > >> >> 6, table ID 1365579903 with search condition 'this'
> > > >> failed
> > > >> >> with unknown result (2f9f974).
> > > >> >> Thanks, Jake
> > > >> >.
> > > >.