Full text search installed or not

Question

I have instaled SQL server 2008 R2 and when I run this SQL in SQL server management studio:

SELECT FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY(\'IsFullTextInstalled\')
         


        

Answer 1

Easy way

SELECT 
CASE FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')
    WHEN 1 THEN 'Full-Text installed.' 
    ELSE 'Full-Text is NOT installed.' 
END;

inspired by https://www.sqlshack.com/hands-full-text-search-sql-server/