Creates a full-text index for a database.

Note This method is new with Release 6.

Defined in

NotesDatabase

Syntax

Call notesDatabase.CreateFTIndex( options& , recreate )

Parameters

options&

Constant of type Long. Combine options with addition.
• FTINDEX_ALL_BREAKS (4) to index sentence and paragraph breaks
• FTINDEX_ATTACHED_BIN_FILES (16) to index attached files (binary)
• FTINDEX_ATTACHED_FILES (1) to index attached files (raw text)
• FTINDEX_CASE_SENSITIVE (8) to enable case-sensitive searches
• FTINDEX_ENCRYPTED_FIELDS (2) to index encrypted fields

Boolean. Removes any existing full-text index before creating one. If this parameter is False and an index exists, no action is taken.

This method works only for local databases.

Note A full-text index will only be created if the fulltextsettings element exists in the DXL and the ReplaceDbProperties property has a value of true.

Language cross-reference

createFTIndex method in Java Database class

Example
See Also

Accessing database properties
fulltextsettings element
ReplaceDbProperties property

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