I have a database on a remote server running sql server 2013(?) hosted by a hosting company. I decided I would like to be able to use it offline, so I backed it up and ftp'ed the backup to my local PC. I successfully restored it to a local version. I was not able to back up "filegroups" but normally that is not a problem
The problem is that one of my tables has a field called "searchtext" (varchar(100)" which has a full-text index on it. That does not work any more on my local copy (that I administer with sql server 2016).
so I connected to the local copy in SSMS, and clicked on 'storage", then right-clicked on the full text index name, and chose REBUILD. This crashed SSMS.
So I tried deleting the field (the column named searchtext) from the table. This failed, with an error message that the column was enabled for full text search.
So I tried deleting the full text index. That failed too, with a similar error message.
And all this time, I wanted to be bicycling in Tahiti!
Any help is appreciated.