public function is_fulltext_search_supported() {
        global $CFG;

        $sql = "SELECT FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')";
        $this->query_start($sql, null, SQL_QUERY_AUX);
        $result = sqlsrv_query($this->sqlsrv, $sql);
        $this->query_end($result);
        if ($result) {
            if ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result)) {
                $property = (bool)reset($row);
            }
        }
        $this->free_result($result);

        return !empty($property);
    }