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                                         Dhudson29 
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                                             Posted - 2014-10-28 : 12:28:54
                                            
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                                            | I am trying to actually execute the ALTER FULLTEXT COMMAND in this code, but really don't know how.  I debugged it and it actually assigns the database name, which is what I want, but then I need it to actually execute the command for each database.  Can some help please?--Declare Variable for selecting database filesDECLARE @SELDATABASE VARCHAR(255)DECLARE @NAME VARCHAR(255)DECLARE @RUNCATALOG VARCHAR(255)SET @NAME = ''DECLARE fulltextcatalog_cursor CURSOR FORSelect name FROM MASTER.SYS.DATABASES OPEN fulltextcatalog_cursorFETCH NEXT FROM fulltextcatalog_cursorINTO @nameWHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0BEGIN	SELECT @SELDATABASE = 'USE [' + @NAME + ']'	FROM MASTER.SYS.DATABASES	SELECT @RUNCATALOG = 'ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG' + ' ' + @NAME  + ' ' + 'REBUILD'	Print ' catalog name is ' + @NAME	FETCH NEXT FROM fulltextcatalog_cursor	INTO @nameENDCLOSE fulltextcatalog_cursorDEALLOCATE fulltextcatalog_cursorGO | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     gbritton 
                                    Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2014-10-28 : 13:18:19
                                          
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                                          | there's an undocumented procedure for that: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/joew/archive/2008/08/27/60700.aspx  | 
                                         
                                        
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