SQL Server 2005 Full Text Index, removed single digits form noise file, still not returning in search

Question

I have a SQL Server 2005 and we're running a full text index on one of our tables. Users often want to search for kayak 2 or tent 4, basically searching for 2 person kayaks or 4 person tents.

I removed all of the single number digits form the ENU noise list and rebuilt the index. It is still not returning searches for single digits.

Originally it was...

SELECT *
FROM products
WHERE CONTAINS(description, 'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, kayak) AND FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, 4)')

This is generated when multi-word phrases are entered into the search. I also stripped out the FORMSOF INFLECTIONAL and did a direct search on the values. I'm not returning anything with the number 4 in it.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

In Sql 2K5 there just isn't any way to search for a single digit. I know it's not a phrase but it would be nice if numbers 0-9 were indexed so I could search them in FT searches. I am going to have to work around it and just not allow single digits or work around it with simple but slower like statements and wildcards.