{"id":6642,"date":"2018-12-16T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2018-12-21T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:02:47","slug":"cannot-drop-full-text-catalog-catalog_name-because-it-contains-a-full-text-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/16\/cannot-drop-full-text-catalog-catalog_name-because-it-contains-a-full-text-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot drop full-text catalog &#8216;catalog_name&#8217; because it contains a full-text index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>ERROR MESAGGE:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Cannot drop full-text catalog &#8216;catalog_name&#8217; because it contains a full-text index.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>EXPLANATION:<\/h3>\n<p>You may receive this error when you try to delete a Full-Text Catalog. This is because, as the message says, this catalog is being used by an Index.<\/p>\n<h3>SOLUTION:<\/h3>\n<p>Run the following code to determine which table is using the Full-Text Index:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">SELECT name, ftcatid FROM sysobjects WHERE ftcatid &gt; 0<\/pre>\n<p>After running this command, tables that use Full-Text will be listed.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the full-text index metadata for the related table with the below script.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">EXEC sp_fulltext_table 'table_name', 'drop'<\/pre>\n<p>You can now remove the Full-Text Catalog with the following code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG fulltext_catalog_name<\/pre>\n\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_6642\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"6642\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/dbtut.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ERROR MESAGGE: &#8220;Cannot drop full-text catalog &#8216;catalog_name&#8217; because it contains a full-text index.&#8221; EXPLANATION: You may receive this error when you try to delete a Full-Text Catalog. 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