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DanInManchester
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Posted - 2011-07-21 : 09:16:12
I have a full-text catalog and it refuses to index and holds up backup jobs withwait type MSSEARCH. The populatestatus sticks at 1.

It is a simple single text field and a integer identity PK. Aprox 12,000 rows and used to take a minute to populate.

I have tried

•resinstalling SQL Server 2005 Express SP4
•check permissions (SQL and FT run as NEtwork Service in the SQLUser / FT role)
•check that the FT data folder has the SQL / FT role has full permissions
•dropping and recreating the table and index
•indexing an empty table
•creating a new index on another table (same problem)
•plenty of resources in terms of disk, RAM, CPU
•converting the column to varchar

I get a number of errors in the log :

Error '0x8004362c: Processing of this batch of transactions has been aborted.'
occurred during full-text index population for table or indexed view '[xxx].[dbo].[tbl_Products]'
(table or indexed view ID '795865902', database ID '7'), full-text key value 0x000018A9.
Attempt will be made to reindex it.

The component 'MSFTE.DLL' reported error while indexing.
Component path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn\MSFTE.DLL'.

I have exhausted myself and google so any expert input much appreciated.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-21 : 13:16:37
Could you try the latest hotfix for SP4, just in case this is covered in a bug fix? Use the QFE as it includes all of the hotfixes since SP4. The GDR only gives you the security fixes since SP4.

QFE: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26286

If that doesn't work, well I think you'll need to open a case with Microsoft PSS.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
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