Error: Cannot alter or drop column 'x' because it is enabled for Full-Text Search

Question

I\'m refactoring an old database and removing columns no longer in use. The DB used to have full text indexing, so, some column are marked for full text.

How ca

Answer 1

Found the solution myself:

-- You should call the DISABLE command 
ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX ON TableName DISABLE
ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX ON TableName DROP (ColumnName)
ALTER TABLE TableName DROP COLUMN ColumnName