Microsoft KB Archive/234251

= Site Server Search Limited to 63 Characters =

Article ID: 234251

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234251



SYMPTOMS
There is a 63-character search string limitation in Microsoft Site Server. Long URL strings do not get matched because the search string is truncated after the 64th character.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, modify the code of the search page so that any search on a meta tag is evaluated as follows:

@property \tag\we\are\searching\for

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 * 1) property = "\tag\we\are\searching\for"

The second query, "#property =", trims the result string to make sure you get an exact match.

The limitation of this workaround is that you cannot use the @meta_property that is automatically generated by Search. You have to declare a property for the meta tag and set it to cached and retrievable in the schema.

Another workaround is to use another character separator, instead of a back slash (\). If you use another character separator, such as a vertical bar ( | ), you can get the searches you want. The meta property value is as follows:  and the search is: (@meta_ContentType CSKnowledge) AND (@meta_Product|Company|Products|OneWorld|Manufacturing|ManufacturingPlanning)



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Site Server 3.0.

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