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How do I disable a full-Text Search on a column in sql server?

I'm trying to convert a column from ntext to nvarchar(MAX), but it seems there is a Full-Text search enabled on it.

Alter table <table> alter column <column> nvarchar

Then i'm going to force the text into rows 

update <table> set <column> = <column> +'' where <column> is not null

Finally I'll need to enable the full text search again.

How do I do this in SQL?

Solution 
  • DROP FULLTEXT INDEX ON mytable.mycolumn;
go
Alter table ... nvarchar(value);
go
ADD FULLTEXT INDEX ON mytable add (mycolumn)

    (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188359.aspx)