Noise Words in Sql Server 2005 Full Text Search

Question

I am attempting to use a full text search over a series of names in my database. This is my first attempt at using full text search. Currently I take the search string enter

Answer 1

Here's a working function. The file noiseENU.txt is copied as-is from \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\FTData .

    Public Function StripNoiseWords(ByVal s As String) As String
        Dim NoiseWords As String = ReadFile("/Standard/Core/Config/noiseENU.txt").Trim
        Dim NoiseWordsRegex As String = Regex.Replace(NoiseWords, "\s+", "|") ' about|after|all|also etc.
        NoiseWordsRegex = String.Format("\s?\b(?:{0})\b\s?", NoiseWordsRegex)
        Dim Result As String = Regex.Replace(s, NoiseWordsRegex, " ", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) ' replace each noise word with a space
        Result = Regex.Replace(Result, "\s+", " ") ' eliminate any multiple spaces
        Return Result
    End Function