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Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
This topic describes the deprecated full-text search features still available in SQL Server. These features are scheduled to be removed in a future release. Do not use deprecated features in new applications.
Monitor your use of deprecated features by using the SQL Server:Deprecated Features object performance counter and trace events. For more information, see Use SQL Server Objects.
Features no longer supported
| Deprecated feature | Replacement | Feature name | Feature ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY property: LogSize | None. | FULLTEXTCATALOGPROPERTY**('LogSize')** | 211 |
| FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY property: ConnectTimeout DataTimeout |
None. | FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY**('ConnectTimeout') FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('DataTimeout'**) |
210 209 |
| sp_fulltext_catalog | CREATE FULL CATALOG ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG |
sp_fulltext_catalog | 84 |
| sp_fulltext_column sp_fulltext_database sp_fulltext_table |
CREATE FULL INDEX ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX DROP FULLTEXT INDEX |
sp_fulltext_column sp_fulltext_database sp_fulltext_table |
86 87 85 |
| sp_help_fulltext_catalogs sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor sp_help_fulltext_columns sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor sp_help_fulltext_tables sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor |
sys.fulltext_catalogs sys.fulltext_index_columns sys.fulltext_indexes |
sp_help_fulltext_catalogs sp_help_fulltext_catalog_components sp_help_fulltext_catalogs_cursor sp_help_fulltext_columns sp_help_fulltext_columns_cursor sp_help_fulltext_table sp_help_fulltext_tables_cursor |
88 203 90 92 93 91 89 |
| sp_fulltext_service action values: clean_up, connect_timeout, and data_timeout return zero | None | sp_fulltext_service @action=clean_up sp_fulltext_service @action=connect_timeout sp_fulltext_service @action=data_timeout |
116 117 118 |
| sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs columns: is_paused previous_status previous_status_description row_count_in_thousands status status_description worker_count |
None. | dm_fts_active_catalogs.is_paused dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status dm_fts_active_catalogs.previous_status_description dm_fts_active_catalogs.row_count_in_thousands dm_fts_active_catalogs.status dm_fts_active_catalogs.status_description dm_fts_active_catalogs.worker_count |
218 221 222 224 219 220 223 |
| sys.dm_fts_memory_buffers column: row_count |
None. | dm_fts_memory_buffers.row_count | 225 |
| sys.fulltext_catalogs columns: path data_space_id file_id columns |
None. | fulltext_catalogs.path fulltext_catalogs.data_space_id fulltext_catalogs.file_id |
215 216 217 |
Features Not Supported in a Future Version of SQL Server
The following full-text search features are supported in the next version of SQL Server, but will be removed in a later version. The specific version of SQL Server has not been determined.
The Feature name value appears in trace events as the ObjectName and in performance counters and sys.dm_os_performance_counters as the instance name. The Feature ID value appears in trace events as the ObjectId.
| Deprecated feature | Replacement | Feature name | Feature ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTAINS and CONTAINSTABLE generic NEAR operator: {<simple_term> | <prefix_term>} { { { NEAR | ~ } {<simple_term> | <prefix_term>} } [...n] } |
The custom NEAR operator: NEAR( { {<simple_term> | <prefix_term>} [ ,...n ] | ( {<simple_term> | <prefix_term>} [,...n] ) [,<distance> [,<order>] ] } ) <distance> ::= {integer | MAX} <order> ::= {TRUE | FALSE} |
FULLTEXT_OLD_NEAR_SYNTAX | 247 |
| CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG option: IN PATH 'rootpath' ON FILEGROUP filegroup |
None. | CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG IN PATH None.* |
237 None.* |
| DATABASEPROPERTYEX property: IsFullTextEnabled | None. | DATABASEPROPERTYEX**('IsFullTextEnabled')** | 202 |
| sp_detach_db option: [ @keepfulltextindexfile = ] 'KeepFulltextIndexFile' |
None. | sp_detach_db @keepfulltextindexfile | 226 |
| sp_fulltext_service action values: resource_usage has no function. | None | sp_fulltext_service @action=resource_usage | 200 |
*The SQL Server:Deprecated Features object does not monitor occurrences of CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG ON FILEGROUP filegroup.