Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #76: Text Searching/Processing

calendar Feb 29, 2016 · TSQL Tuesday  ·
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I'm so happy to once again be hosting T-SQL Tuesday. If you're not familiar, T-SQL Tuesday is a blogging party hosted by a different person each month. It's a creation of Adam Machanic, and it's been going on for over 6 years now! Basically the host selects a topic, defines the rules, and then everyone else blogs about it. Once everyone's done, I'll summarize each of the submitted posts here on my site.

The Topic

This month, I'd like to talk about text, particularly searching and processing it. Many systems contain large amounts of text in one way or another. Often, that text ends up being stored in a database, and SQL Server has offered Full-Text Search for quite a while now to handle such usage cases. But that's only a small part of the story.

If you're using SQL Server Full-Text Search, I'd love to hear from you. But I'd also love to hear from anyone using any other kind of text searching or processing methods. Maybe your organization previously used SQL Server Full-Text Search but you've since moved to a different application. Maybe you have a tale of success or woe from a previous job. Maybe you don't let any of your text search operations touch a relational database with a 10-foot pole. Whatever your story is, I hope you'll please consider sharing it with us all on Tuesday, March 8.

The Rules

There's only a few rules for T-SQL Tuesday:

  • Your post must be published between 00:00 GMT Tuesday March 8 2016 and 00:00 GMT Wednesday March 9 2016.
  • Your post must contain the T-SQL Tuesday logo (see above) at the top and the image must link back to this blog post.
  • Trackbacks should work, but if they don't, please put a link to your post in the comments section so I (and everyone else) can see your contribution!

There's also a few optional you can do that might help:

  • Include "T-SQL Tuesday #76" in your blog post's title.
  • Tweet about your post using the #tsql2sday hashtag
  • Contact Adam Machanic and tell him you'd like to host a T-SQL Tuesday from your blog.

And that's all there is to it! I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone writes about!