How to migrate sql 200o full text to 2005 server

I think you would restore the database as normal, ensure that mssearch was enabled on the 2005 server and then 'create full text index'  against the catalogue.    I don't think you would want to script out the index and re-apply it on the 2005 box as a migration strategy.  

AustinSeven

Actually I have more than 40 dbs and more than 100 full text indexes, so I cant create full text individually. The script will easy my job.

Ok, I see.   Well, you can write a script on the target 2005 server to populate the indexes and so on.     If you look in Books Online for sp_fulltext_table for example, you can take it from there.   2005 still supports these system stored procedures but the new method is to use CREATE, ALTER.    Take your pick.

AustinSeven

You could write a select statement on the 2000 server to return the list of databases and FT indexes.  Then you could copy that info to the 2005 target server and write another select that generates the required list of t-sql commands to carry out the required actions.   This would be much quicker than hand-crafting the script of course.   Do you see what I mean?

AustinSeven

Here, I wrote an example for you to select the info into a table on the 2000 server.    From this, you can write a SELECT statement that inserts the command syntax to do whatever you want to your FT indexes on the 2005 server.

AustinSeven

create table FTList (
dbname varchar(50),
FTIndex varchar(50)
)
 
set nocount on
declare dbcur cursor for
select name from master..sysdatabases where name not in ('master','tempdb','model','msdb')
 
open dbcur 
 
declare @dbname varchar(50), @cmd varchar (256)
 
fetch next from dbcur into @dbname
 
while (@@fetch_status <> -1)
begin
 
    select @cmd = 'insert into FTList select ' + quotename(@dbname,'''') + ', name from ' + @dbname + '.dbo.sysfulltextcatalogs'
    exec (@cmd)
    fetch next from dbcur into @dbname
end
 
close dbcur
deallocate dbcur
 
select * from ftlist

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Great AustinSeven,

I need more... Where can i put table name, field names, filename.

EM we can select table name, field name, output file...

The table sysfulltextcatalogs do not have that much of informations....

You can use the SQL Server 2000 sp_help_fulltext_* system stored procedures.   Look in Books Online for a good description of what info they return.   For example, sp_help_fulltext_catalogs will give you the path to the output file.   sp_help_fulltext_tables gives you the table related info.   Experiment with these sprocs to see which ones you need to return the required info.   Then, when you have that understood, just dump the output of these sprocs into the table or a staging/ temp table.

You should have all the info to complete now, I think.    

AustinSeven

create table #ft_cats (
ftcatid tinyint,
name varchar(50),
path varchar (100),
status tinyint,
number_fulltext_tables tinyint)
 
insert into #ft_cats
exec sp_help_fulltext_catalogs
 
-- can 'insert into' another table to collect the data.
-- or assign path to a variable @path = path... to use later in the script
select path from #ft_cats
 
drop table #ft_cats

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