Wildcard Searches Do Not Return Expected Results on Indexing Service 3.0 (320942)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Site Server 3.0
- Indexing Service
This article was previously published under Q320942 SYMPTOMS
When you use Indexing Service 3.0 to query a catalog on a server, if the query contains the wildcard function (for example, micro*), the query does not return the expected results.
CAUSE
By default, when the query contains the wildcard function, the query for that string is interpreted literally.
RESOLUTION
The default dialect for Indexing Service 3.0 is Dialect 2, which is free-text mode. In free-text mode, the wildcard character (*) represents itself instead of the wildcard function. To enable wildcard functionality, you must change the dialect to Dialect 1, or phrase mode. To do this, add the following line in your Active Server Pages (ASP) search page, where Query is the name of your instantiation of the Index Server Query server-side object:
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/23/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbfix kbprb KB320942 |
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