Businesses today want actionable insights into their dataâthey want their data to reveal itself to them in a natural and userâfriendly form. What could be more natural than human language? Naturalâlanguage search is at the center of a storm of everâincreasing webâdriven demand for humanâcomputer communication and information access. SQL Server 2008 provides the tools to take advantage of the features of its builtâin enterpriseâlevel naturalâlanguage search engine in the form of integrated fullâtext search (iFTS). iFTS uses textâaware relational queries to provide your users with fast access to content. Whether you want to set up an enterpriseâwide Internet or intranet search engine or create less ambitious naturalâlanguage search applications, this book will teach you how to get the most out of SQL Server 2008 iFTS: Introducing powerful iFTS features in SQL Server, such as the FREETEXT and CONTAINS predicates, custom thesauruses, and stop lists Showing you how to optimize fullâtext query performance through features like fullâtext indexes and iFilters Providing examples that help you understand and apply the power of iFTS in your daily projects
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