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TSQL Search on String

Hi Experts,

I would like to create a stored proc that would search on the exact term keyed in (could be one word or phrase and then search on the seperate words in the phase:

Sample Search "Experts Exchange"
WHERE = like 'experts exchange' OR like 'experts' OR like 'exchange'

What is the best practice for this (speed etc)? Im going to take out all stop words so I just get a search on only the keywords typed.

Regs,
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You would think so. But unfortuately my live version of SQL Server hasn't got it installed (Standard Edition SP3) and our hosting company says its not part of the dedicated hosting package. This is despite paying near £500 per month (approx $850) for it!

So I kinda need some kind of split function or something. However, I am going to get into a heavy discussion with our hosts as well!!!

tlovie

Standard edition comes with Full Text indexing, I can't remember if the default install options have it turned on, however, you just need to install it and turn it on. I don't have much experience in it, but from what I read, it looks easy to configure, and quite robust.

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Here is the split function used .
Raj

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
go


create FUNCTION [dbo].[Split](@String varchar(8000), @Delimiter char(1))        
returns @temptable TABLE (items varchar(8000))        
as        
begin        
    declare @idx int        
    declare @slice varchar(8000)        
       
    select @idx = 1        
        if len(@String)<1 or @String is null  return        
       
    while @idx!= 0        
    begin        
        set @idx = charindex(@Delimiter,@String)        
        if @idx!=0        
            set @slice = left(@String,@idx - 1)        
        else        
            set @slice = @String        
           
        if(len(@slice)>0)   
            insert into @temptable(Items) values(@slice)        
  
       set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)        
        if len(@String) = 0 break        
    end    
return        
end

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