Index Server META Tag Sample Incorrect Shows Close Comment Tag

Last reviewed: January 20, 1998
Article ID: Q170045

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Index Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you perform property queries based on the META tag in HTML files, and you set up the HTML file according to the sample Queryhit.htm file, the Index Server does not return an documents.

CAUSE

The Queryhit.htm sample page (located by default in wwwroot\samples\search\queryhit.htm) has an error in it that prevents the proper cataloguing of META tags. The sample page incorrectly shows the closing tag of an HTML comment as "--!>". The correct closing comment tag for an HTML document is "-->".

Because the Index Server never sees an end to the comment tag, it ignores all of the text following the opening of the comment, including the tags. Consequently, this information is not indexed and will not be returned as a result of a query.

WORKAROUND

Use the proper close comment tag ( "-->").

Version           : WINNT: 1.1
Platform          : winnt
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: January 20, 1998
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