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# sys.sysfulltextcatalogs (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-pdw-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-pdw-md.md)]

  Contains information about the full-text catalogs.  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]  
>  [!INCLUDE[ssnoteCompView](../../includes/ssnotecompview-md.md)]  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**ftcatid**|**smallint**|Identifier of the full-text catalog.|  
|**name**|**sysname**|Full-text catalog name specified by the user.|  
|**status**|**smallint**|[!INCLUDE[ssInternalOnly](../../includes/ssinternalonly-md.md)]|  
|**path**|**nvarchar(260)**|Root path specified by the user.<br /><br /> NULL = Path was not specified. The default (installation) path was used.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Mapping System Tables to System Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-tables/mapping-system-tables-to-system-views-transact-sql.md)   
 [Compatibility Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/relational-databases/system-compatibility-views/system-compatibility-views-transact-sql.md)