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Q252868: How Index Server Determines Query and Indexing Languages

Article: Q252868
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 22-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Index Server version 2.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how Index Server determines language resources during the
indexing and query process. The information in this article may be helpful if
you use documents in different languages.

MORE INFORMATION
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Note that the language used during the indexing of a document may be different
from the language settings used in a query. For example, if a document is
indexed with the English settings, it may not be found if the query uses the
German language settings. This is because, in this case, the query is processed
with the German WBreakerClass, StemmerClass and noise-word list, but the
document is processed with the English classes and noise-word list. Therefore,
to receive the expected results when you query a catalog, always make sure that
the indexing language of the documents matches the query language.

How does Index Server determine the indexing language for an HTML document?:

If the MetaTag MS.Local is not defined, the document is indexed with the language
associated to system locale of the server. For example, to define the EN
language, you can use the following statement in the Head section of the HTML
document:

  <META NAME="MS.Locale" CONTENT="EN">

Note: To check the configured system locale, open Control Panel, and then select
Regional Settings.

How does Index Server determine the query language?:

Index Server uses the following sequence to set the query language:

1. The CiLocale configured in the query page. For more information about how to
  set CiLocale, see the "Support for Multiple Languages" topic under the
  Microsoft Index Server section in the NTOP documentation.


2. The configured browser language preference, which is defined with
  Http_Accept_Language in the browser. If more languages are configured, the
  one with the highest priority (top of the list) is used.


3. The language associated with the system locale on the server.

Additional query words: CiLocale Ms.Locale LCID MSIDX Ixsso Http_Accept_Language ISOToLocaleID

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : kbIdxServSearch kbAudDeveloper kbIdxServ200
Version           : :2.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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