Question : FULLText Search A View Problems

OK, so I have view set up in SQL Server 2008 R2:

The tables are: (NO I DID NOT NAME THEM)
Recipe - Main Recipe Data
Cat_To-Recipe - Lookup Table
Recipe-Cat - Category Table

My View Looks Like:

SELECT R.ID AS Recipe_ID, R.Name + ' ' + R.Author + ' ' + CAST(R.Ingredients AS varchar(MAX)) + ' ' + CAST(R.Instructions AS VARCHAR(MAX)) +
((SELECT CAST(RC.CAT_TYPE AS varchar(max)) + ', '
FROM Cat_To_Recipe AS CTR LEFT OUTER JOIN
RECIPE_CAT AS RC ON CTR.Cat_ID = RC.CAT_ID
WHERE R.ID = CTR.Recipe_ID
ORDER BY RC.CAT_ID FOR XML PATH(''))) AS FullSearch
FROM dbo.Recipes R

Which returns

Recipe_ID | FullSearch
1 | Cat1, Cat2, Cat3
2 | Cat1, Cat3, Cat 7

Now I want to Index the view for fulltext searches.I Right click the view in management studio and select: FullText Index --Define Full Text Index which brings up the wizard.

However the Unique index is greyed out and I get the error: A unique column must be defined on the table/view.

I've goggled the error but couldnt find a solution that made sense.

Can Anyone help?

THanks!

Michael

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SELECT     R.ID AS Recipe_ID, R.Name + ' ' + R.Author + ' ' + CAST(R.Ingredients AS varchar(MAX)) + ' ' + CAST(R.Instructions AS VARCHAR(MAX)) +
                          ((SELECT     CAST(RC.CAT_TYPE AS varchar(max)) + ' '
                              FROM         Cat_To_Recipe AS CTR LEFT OUTER JOIN
                                                    RECIPE_CAT AS RC ON CTR.Cat_ID = RC.CAT_ID
                              WHERE     R.ID = CTR.Recipe_ID
                              ORDER BY RC.CAT_ID FOR XML PATH(''))) AS FullSearch
FROM         dbo.Recipes R

Answer : FULLText Search A View Problems

Unfortunately in order to build a full-text search it requires a unique index. In order to do that you would have to create an indexed view. There are also some fairly strict rules as to what views can be indexed and I am not even sure if your query qualifies. Read up on the syntax for CREATE VIEW and specifically SCHEMABINDING.