sp_help_fulltext_catalogs (T-SQL)

Returns the ID, name, root directory, status, and number of full-text indexed tables for the specified full-text catalog.

sp_help_fulltext_catalogs [@fulltext_catalog_name =] 'fulltext_catalog_name'

[@fulltext_catalog_name =] 'fulltext_catalog_name': Is the name of the full-text catalog. fulltext_catalog_name is sysname. If this parameter is omitted or has the value NULL, information about all full-text catalogs associated with the current database is returned.

0 (success) or (1) failure

This table shows the result set, which is ordered by ftcatid.

Column name	Data type	Description
ftcatid	smallint	Full-text catalog identifier.
NAME	sysname	Name of the full-text catalog.
PATH	nvarchar(260)	Physical location of the full-text catalog root directory. NULL indicates the default directory determined during installation. (This is the Ftdata subdirectory under the Microsoft® SQL Server™ directory; for example, C:\Mssql7\Ftdata.)
STATUS	integer	Full-text index population status of the catalog: 0 = Idle 1 = Full population in progress 2 = Paused 3 = Throttled 4 = Recovering 5 = Shutdown 6 = Incremental population in progress 7 = Updating index
NUMBER_FULLTEXT_TABLES	integer	Number of full-text indexed tables associated with the catalog.

Execute permissions default to members of the public role.

This example returns information about the Cat_Desc full-text catalog.

USE Northwind

EXEC sp_help_fulltext_catalogs 'Cat_Desc'

FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY	sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor
sp_fulltext_catalog	System Stored Procedures