sys.dm_fts_index_keywords (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: SQL Server
Returns information about the content of a full-text index for the specified table.
sys.dm_fts_index_keywords is a dynamic management function.
Note
To view lower-level full-text index information, use the sys.dm_fts_index_keywords_by_document dynamic management function at the document level.
Syntax
sys.dm_fts_index_keywords( DB_ID('database_name'), OBJECT_ID('table_name') )
Arguments
db_id('database_name')
A call to the DB_ID() function. This function accepts a database name and returns the database ID, which sys.dm_fts_index_keywords uses to find the specified database. If database_name is omitted, the current database ID is returned.
object_id('table_name')
A call to the OBJECT_ID() function. This function accepts a table name and returns the table ID of the table containing the full-text index to inspect.
Table Returned
Column name | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
keyword | nvarchar(4000) | The hexadecimal representation of the keyword stored inside the full-text index. Note: OxFF represents the special character that indicates the end of a file or dataset. |
display_term | nvarchar(4000) | The human-readable format of the keyword. This format is derived from the hexadecimal format. Note: The display_term value for OxFF is "END OF FILE." |
column_id | int | ID of the column from which the current keyword was full-text indexed. |
document_count | int | Number of documents or rows containing the current term. |
Remarks
The information returned by sys.dm_fts_index_keywords is useful for finding out the following, among other things:
Whether a keyword is part of the full-text index.
How many documents or rows contain a given keyword.
The most common keyword in the full-text index:
document_count of each keyword_value compared to the total document_count, the document count of 0xFF.
Typically, common keywords are likely to be appropriate to declare as stopwords.
Note
The document_count returned by sys.dm_fts_index_keywords may be less accurate for a specific document than the count returned by sys.dm_fts_index_keywords_by_document or a CONTAINS query. This potential inaccuracy is estimated to be less than 1%. This inaccuracy can occur because a document_id may be counted twice when it continues across more than one row in the index fragment, or when it appears more than once in the same row. To obtain a more accurate count for a specific document, use sys.dm_fts_index_keywords_by_document or a CONTAINS query.
Permissions
Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role.
Examples
A. Displaying high-level full-text index content
The following example displays information about the high-level content of the full-text index in the HumanResources.JobCandidate
table.
SELECT * FROM sys.dm_fts_index_keywords(db_id('AdventureWorks2022'), object_id('HumanResources.JobCandidate'))
GO
See Also
Full-Text Search and Semantic Search Dynamic Management Views and Functions (Transact-SQL)
Full-Text Search
sys.dm_fts_index_keywords_by_document (Transact-SQL)