In SQL Server 2008, when would I use a full text index that covered several tables?

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Published on 2010-04-01T15:27:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 16:03 UTC
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I wanted to do a full text search across several related tables in SQL Server 2008. From browsing this site I've realised the best option is via a view, but initially I thought I was meant to add several tables to the same full text index via Management Studio. I started to do this and realised the index would have no idea how they were related, so my question is: when would I want to have a full text index covering several tables in this way?

Apologies for the vagueness, I am just trying to satisfy my curiosity after Google let me down.

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