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Q174777: Searching for One Character Words in Index Server

Article: Q174777
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbother
Last Modified: 30-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Index Server version 1.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you search for a string, for example, "C++" (without the quotes), Index
Server will return the following error message:

  The query contained only ignored words. (0x80041605) encountered
  while processing the query "c++".

CAUSE
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Both the neutral and English wordbreakers strip the trailing "++" characters,
because they are not part of a linguistic word.

An escape feature exists for special characters such as "&" and "|", because
they have special meaning in the query syntax. However, the "+" character has no
such special meaning.

Also, even with escapes, the query "c(" will be converted to "c", which is a
noise-word-only query.

RESOLUTION
==========

This problem is corrected in Windows 2000 Indexing Service. Any words ending
with ++, +, - and ! are passed to the engine and not considered noise words. To
resolve this problem, upgrade to Windows 2000 Indexing Service.

WORKAROUND
==========

Remove the letter "c" from the noise files: Noise.enu and Noise.dat. In that
case searching for "c++" will be the same as searching for the letter "c".

NOTE: After you edit the noise files, you will need to reindex all of the virtual
roots.

STATUS
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This problem is corrected in Windows 2000 Indexing Service.

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Keywords          : kbother 
Technology        : kbIdxServSearch kbAudDeveloper kbIdxServ110
Version           : 1.1
Hardware          : ALPHA x86

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