TSQL: How to check if column is fulltext enabled?

Question

I need to modify a column definition, but I would like to check if the column is full text enabled first. Is there a way to do such a check in a TSQL script?

I'm using SQL Server 2005.

Answer 1

You could try using the COLUMNPROPERTY() function.

DECLARE @value INT;
SELECT @value = COLUMNPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID('schema.table'), 'column_name', 'IsFulltextIndexed')

IF (@value = 1)
  PRINT 'Fulltext column'
ELSE
  PRINT 'No Fulltext column'

Answer 2

You can try something like this:

SELECT * 
FROM sys.columns c 
INNER JOIN sys.fulltext_index_columns fic ON c.object_id = fic.object_id 
                                          AND c.column_id = fic.column_id

If you need to limit it to a given table, use this:

SELECT * 
FROM sys.columns c 
INNER JOIN sys.fulltext_index_columns fic ON c.object_id = fic.object_id 
                                          AND c.column_id = fic.column_id
WHERE c.object_id = OBJECT_ID('YourTableNameHere')