Microsoft KB Archive/227264

= Index Server Returns Inconsistent Results =

Article ID: 227264

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Index Server 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Index Server 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Index Server 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q227264



SYMPTOMS
When you use Index Server to run a query and you set the sort method to anything other than Rank Descending, you do not receive the top matching records and you may get a different set of files on subsequent requeries.



CAUSE
Sorting on Rank Descending is the only way to get the top matching records from the catalog when the maximum number of returns is limited. Sorting on anything other than Rank Descending returns a subset of the total matching documents.



RESOLUTION
If it is necessary to get the best matching records out of the total record set, change the sort method to Rank Descending.

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB227264

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