DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG (Transact-SQL)

Removes a full-text catalog from a database. You must drop all full-text indexes associated with the catalog before you drop the catalog.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

DROP FULLTEXT CATALOG catalog_name

Arguments

• catalog_name
  Is the name of the catalog to be removed. If catalog_name does not exist, Microsoft SQL Server returns an error and does not perform the DROP operation. The filegroup of the full-text catalog must not be marked OFFLINE or READONLY for the command to succeed.

Permissions

User must have DROP permission on the full-text catalog or be a member of the the db_owner, or db_ddladmin fixed database roles.

See Also

Reference

sys.fulltext_catalogs (Transact-SQL)

ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG (Transact-SQL)

CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

Full-Text Search (SQL Server)