Businesses today want actionable insights into their data--they want their data to reveal itself to them in a natural and user--friendly form. What could be more natural than human language? Natural--language search is at the center of a storm of ever--increasing web--driven demand for human--computer communication and information access. SQL Server 2008 provides the tools to take advantage of the features of its built--in enterprise--level natural--language search engine in the form of integrated full--text search (iFTS). iFTS uses text--aware relational queries to provide your users with fast access to content. Whether you want to set up an enterprise--wide Internet or intranet search engine or create less ambitious natural--language search applications, this book will teach you how to get the most out of SQL Server 2008 iFTS: * Introducing powerful iFTS features in SQL Server, such as the FREETEXT and CONTAINS predicates, custom thesauruses, and stop lists * Showing you how to optimize full--text query performance through features like full--text indexes and iFilters * Providing examples that help you understand and apply the power of iFTS in your daily projects What you'll learn * Harness the power of iFTS for your applications * Administer iFTS catalogs and indexes * Use new iFTS features such as stop lists and iFTS--based dynamic management functions * Optimize and tune iFTS queries * Implement language--aware, natural--language searches for data * Simplify searches of structured and unstructured content Who this book is for The audience for this book includes SQL Server, SQL and Transact--SQL developers, and also .NET developers, who want to take advantage of the integrated full--text search (iFTS) functionality available in SQL Server 2008.