Database Fulltext Searches Return Error for Certain Searches: "A clause of the query contained only ignored words." (Doc ID 984446.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Using Microsoft SQL Server for database fulltext searching, a fulltext search or a Quick Search returns an error to the user when searching for strings like:

Firstname A. Lastname
word1 in word2
word1 of word2

For example, searching for the phrase:

department of test

Returns this error to the user:

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Cause

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