CONTAINS in SQL Server

Hi,
I have a question about MS SQL Server 2005:
I have a table in the database that contains 70 fields. I must perform
full-text search in about 60 fields. I use for that the full-text
searching "CONTAINS" like that:
SELECT ProductName
FROM Products
WHERE CONTAINS(ProductName, '"laugh*" NEAR lager')
My question is: for the 60 fields in the table that I want to do
full-text search for the same expression, may I write a query like
that:
Select f1, ..., fm
From table
Where CONTAINS(f1, expr) and CONTAINS(f2, exp) ... and
CONTAINS(f60,expr)
Or there is a more compact way to write this query.
Thank you very much for your answer,
Regard,
Djamila.that's one way. If you don't care which column the hit is found in you could
do this.
Select f1, ..., fm From table
Where CONTAINS(*, expr)
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<djamilabouzid@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a question about MS SQL Server 2005:
> I have a table in the database that contains 70 fields. I must perform
> full-text search in about 60 fields. I use for that the full-text
> searching "CONTAINS" like that:
> SELECT ProductName
> FROM Products
> WHERE CONTAINS(ProductName, '"laugh*" NEAR lager')
> My question is: for the 60 fields in the table that I want to do
> full-text search for the same expression, may I write a query like
> that:
> Select f1, ..., fm
> From table
> Where CONTAINS(f1, expr) and CONTAINS(f2, exp) ... and
> CONTAINS(f60,expr)
> Or there is a more compact way to write this query.
> Thank you very much for your answer,
> Regard,
> Djamila.
>