Microsoft KB Archive/889708

= The full-text search results that are returned in a clustered SQL Server 2000 environment may be different when the active node changes =

Article ID: 889708

Article Last Modified on 3/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you perform a full-text query in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in a clustered environment, the search results that are returned may be different when they are returned from the second node in the cluster.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the noise word file location is not replicated between the nodes in the cluster. When SQL Server 2000 is installed in a cluster, the registry keys that contain the location of the noise word files are only created on the primary node from which the SQL Server 2000 Setup program was run. Therefore, when the second node becomes the active node, the Microsoft Search (MSSearch) service no longer points to the correct set of noise word files.



WORKAROUND
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this problem, you must export and then import the following registry key from the first node to the second node in the cluster:

To do this, follow these steps:

Steps to export the registry key on the first node
 Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry key:

 On the File menu, click Export. In the File name box, type where   is the name of export file, and then click Save. On the File menu, click Exit.

Note When you save the export file, save the file to a location that the second node can access.

Steps to import the registry key to the second node

 * 1) Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Import.
 * 3) In the Import Registry File dialog box, select the exported   file name, and then click Open.
 * 4) Click Ok to the confirmation, and then on the File menu, click Exit.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about full-text queries and noise word files, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

Full-Text Catalogs and Indexes

Additional query words: SQL2000 FTS

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb KB889708

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