containstable rank inconsistent

Hi,
I have an FTS table on which I execute a CONTAINSTABLE(ISABOUT..) .
the search works fine but I noticed that after I do an incremental
population or after a track changes has been triggered by a change in the
data
then I get different rank results between identical searches (pre and post
population).
this is then sorted if I do a full population or rebuild the catalog
does anybody know why this happens, is it a bug? can it alter the rank in a
way that changes the order of appearance or is it always relative?
I am building an information retrieval (search) system and this could be a
big upset so any help
would be appreciated
thanks
shay
there was a problem with this prior to sp3. What version of sql server are
you running? do a select @.@.version to determin this.
Hilary Cotter
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"shay cohen" <shay@.infospheraltd.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have an FTS table on which I execute a CONTAINSTABLE(ISABOUT..) .
> the search works fine but I noticed that after I do an incremental
> population or after a track changes has been triggered by a change in the
> data
> then I get different rank results between identical searches (pre and post
> population).
> this is then sorted if I do a full population or rebuild the catalog
> does anybody know why this happens, is it a bug? can it alter the rank in
a
> way that changes the order of appearance or is it always relative?
> I am building an information retrieval (search) system and this could be a
> big upset so any help
> would be appreciated
> thanks
> shay
>
>