Microsoft KB Archive/188340

= Search HTML Filter Ignores UTF-8 Character Encoding =

Article ID: 188340

Article Last Modified on 7/16/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * MSN Search, when used with:
 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q188340



SYMPTOMS
Search does not index text on HTML pages that have been UTF-8 encoded.



CAUSE
The HTML filter that ships with Site Server 3.0 is not capable of handling UTF-8 character encoding.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, apply the latest Site Server 3.0 service pack.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Site Server version 3.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Microsoft Site Server version 3.0. For information about obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K



MORE INFORMATION
The HTML filter has been updated to support UTF-8 encoding. Also, the language and codepage tables have been updated.

UTF-8 is not automatically detected. Only documents explicitly tagged with:



are interpreted as UTF-8.

UTF-7 and UTF-16 are not supported.

Additional query words: sp prodsrch prodsitesrv3

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsiteserv300sp1fix KB188340

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