Index Server HTML Filter Loops Infinitely

ID: Q238451

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use an HTML filter in Site Server Search, an application thread may stop responding and CPU utilization will approach 100 percent for IIS. This problem can occur when you are indexing HTML documents, including Microsoft Office 2000 documents.

CAUSE

The HTML filter loops infinitely in some cases. This is caused by a failure to correctly parse the following HTML:

HTML xmlns:o = "foo"

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

Remove the spaces on either side of the equal sign (=).

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words:

Keywords : SS3SP3Fix
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug