"Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> can anyone tell, is there anyway to reinstall/repair full-text without
> having to actually uninstall and resintall the whole Sql Server?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - Arthur Dent.
>
>

"Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you very much for the link.
> I checked it and went through all the steps.
> My full text is still not working however.
> I have the menu-options all there in Enterprise Manager,
> however they are all greyed out.
>
> The log file from the Full-Text command-line install contained
> the following message:
>
> FulltextSetup returned error code: 0x0
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
> - Arthur Dent.
>
>

"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You may be running into this problem.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270671
>
> or check this out
>
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com/TableNotEnabled.htm
>
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html
>
> Looking for a FAQ on Indexing Services/SQL FTS
> http://www.indexserverfaq.com
> "Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e6UNCVajFHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you very much for the link.
>> I checked it and went through all the steps.
>> My full text is still not working however.
>> I have the menu-options all there in Enterprise Manager,
>> however they are all greyed out.
>>
>> The log file from the Full-Text command-line install contained
>> the following message:
>>
>> FulltextSetup returned error code: 0x0
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> - Arthur Dent.
>>
>>
>
>

"Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Heres some more info... if i try to run the FT wizard through Tools >
> Wizards, i get a message that says
> "The Full-Text Server service needs to be running in order to open this
> wizard."
>
> Which service is it? The Microsoft Search service already is running.
> The Indexing Service wasn't so i started that, but that didnt help.
>
> Is somehow my EM not aware of my FT service being there, and just needs to
> be told?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> its MSSearch alright. What happens when you try to run SQLftwiz from the
> command line?
>
> --
> Hilary Cotter
> Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
> http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602.html