Microsoft KB Archive/229309

= Query May Fail for Meta Tags with Values Containing Digits =

Article ID: 229309

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Index Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229309



SYMPTOMS
Index Server queries and Site Server Search may fail to return all values when querying for a meta tag that contains multiple values with digits in the first value.

Example:

META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="word1 word2 word3"

In this example, a query for @META_DESCRIPTION does not return "word1."



CAUSE
The Intelliscope word breaker is tokenizing the first value correctly; however, the first value is discarded from the results (token queue). The first value is discarded because it's recognized as a noise word and the Intelliscope word breaker is initialized with an option to clear out the token queue, thus it eliminates the noise word.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows NT 4.0 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date      Time    Version      Size    File name     Platform -  02/09/99 07:42p   5.00.1975.1  205,584 Infosoft.dll  i386 02/09/99 07:42p  5.00.1975.1  429,328 Infosoft.dll  alpha



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Index Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in Windows 2000 Indexing Service.



MORE INFORMATION
Infosoft.dll has been modified to initialize the Intelliscope word breaker without requesting it to clear out items in the token queue. This modification is scheduled to be included in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

NOTE: This hotfix should be removed before installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 due to a version mismatch that may prevent the tested Infosoft.dll modifications in Service Pack 6 from begin installed.

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