Query May Fail for Meta Tags with Values Containing Digits

ID: Q229309

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Index Server version 2.0
Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Index Server queries and Site Server Search may fail to return all values when querying for a meta tag that contains multiple values with digits in the first value.

Example:

META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="word1 word2 word3"

In this example, a query for @META_DESCRIPTION does not return "word1."

CAUSE

The Intelliscope word breaker is tokenizing the first value correctly; however, the first value is discarded from the results (token queue). The first value is discarded because it's recognized as a noise word and the Intelliscope word breaker is initialized with an option to clear out the token queue, thus it eliminates the noise word.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Windows NT 4.0 service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date      Time    Version      Size    File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   02/09/99 07:42p   5.00.1975.1  205,584 Infosoft.dll  i386
   02/09/99 07:42p   5.00.1975.1  429,328 Infosoft.dll  alpha

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Index Server version 2.0.This problem has been corrected in Windows 2000 Indexing Service.

MORE INFORMATION

Infosoft.dll has been modified to initialize the Intelliscope word breaker without requesting it to clear out items in the token queue. This modification is scheduled to be included in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

NOTE: This hotfix should be removed before installing Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 due to a version mismatch that may prevent the tested Infosoft.dll modifications in Service Pack 6 from begin installed.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:2.0,3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug