Pro Full-Text Search in SQL Server 2008

This instructional guide to the SQL Server 2008 Integrated Full-Text Search (iFTS) is designed for developers and programmers who need to streamline database searches and improve access to each index. Coles, a Microsoft MPV, has written several books on SQL programming in the past, and he and Cotter (server MVP, SQL) provide step- by-step instructions and code samples for developing capabilities such as basic and advanced queries, multilingual searches, client applications, indexing LOB and BLOB data and developing stoplists and thesauruses. Appendices include a glossary, a database for iFTS books and vector-space searches. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hilary Cotter has been involved in information technology for more than 19 years. He has worked as a web and database consultant specializing in search solutions, and he has helped several major sites tune their e-commerce sites. Hilary has answered over 6,000 questions on the Microsoft newsgroups and founded, with Chris Crowe, both IISFAQ.com, the world's largest resource for information on Internet Information Server, and IndexServerFAQ.com, which averages 1.2 million hits per month. In 2001, Microsoft recognized him with a Microsoft SQL Server "Most Valuable Professional" award. Hilary received his bachelor's of applied science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto. He subsequently studied economics at the University of Calgary and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.