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Asked: 2026-05-10T17:16:33+00:00

What would you recommend to search a sql server table (varchar(max) column) for a

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What would you recommend to search a sql server table (varchar(max) column) for a term?

Let’s say, like in ebay, if you search for ‘wii brand new’, you get results like ‘Brand New Nintendo Wii Fit Game + Balance Board Bundle’, ‘Wii Fit (Wii) BRAND NEW WII FIT GAME + BALANCE BOARD’.

I think it basically searches every word and returns the ones that contains all the words, what would you recommend?

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  1. You are looking for fulltext indexing, it allows you to do more advanced querying than regular expressions or like.

    Check this article for a quick introduction, the instructions are for SQL Server 2000, where it is a little harder to setup than in 2005 or 2008.

    Relevant quote:

      With full-text searching, you can perform many other types of search:   * Two words near each other  * Any word derived from a particular root (for example run, ran, or running)  * Multiple words with distinct weightings  * A word or phrase close to the search word or phrase
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