How to get PDF iFilter to recognize "pdf" document_type instead of ".pdf" in SQL Server 2012

Hi,
If this isn't the correct forum for this question, I apologize.
I am running SQL Server 2012 on a Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) laptop and wish to be able to perform Full-Text searches against the contents of PDF files that have been loaded into my database using a FileTable. I have not been able to get the PDF iFilter v11.0 working whatsoever so I uninstalled it and installed v9.0 of the Adobe PDF iFilter. I have confirmed that this filtering works on PDF documents I've inserted into a regular table and specified the file_type as '.pdf'. However, when SQL Server loads the documents into a FileTable, the filter_type is set to 'pdf' (note: the period is not included -- ".pdf"). When I issue the ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX <tablename> START FULL POPULATION, no indexing occurs against the FILETABLE.
I've examined the Full-Text Search crawl log and there are no errors occurring. Simply messages stating the population is starting and then completed.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere and haven't been able to find a work-around for this.
Is there any way to get the PDF iFilter to recognize the 'pdf' filter_type in addition to the '.pdf' filter_type?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Steve

Hi Steve,
These links might e helpful:
https://dotnettim.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/sql-server-full-text-indexing-using-adobe-pdf-i filter-9-sql-server-2008-r2-64bit/
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/69535dbc-c7ef-402d-a347-d3d3e4860 d72/sql-server-2008-64bit-fulltext-indexing-pdf-not-working-cant-find-ifilter?forum=sqldat abaseengine
Regards,
Rave

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Sql Server 2012 Evaluation - How many connection allowed ?

Hi all
I'm testing the replication, everything Works fine, but I'd like to know how many connections allow the evaluation of the SQL Server versión I'm testing on.
We are testing 2 stores with 2 server in replica with about 20 users in each side. So we can get an idea of the prices of the licences my customer have to buy.
Thank you very much.
James Smiths

SQL 2012 license usually is per core and/or per CAL and it depends on the edition.
All editions don't impose any limit on connections but rather on maximum memory, CPUs and other features.
You need first to decide which SQL version suits your needs (and your hardware) and then call for suggestions and prices.
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2942/understanding-the-sql-server-2012-licensing-model/
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/buy.aspx
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