JED
Mon Sep 22 15:26:17 CDT 2003
I am running into this exact problem. Any help would be great...
Thanks,
JED
"Michael J." <use4forums@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:01ae01c37da5$b93b4150$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Just curious, how to solve the problem if we step into
> the scenario you were talking about?
>
> We were abel to find a word doc from Portal site, but not
> from sub-site/WSS site). The word doc was stored in the
> Doc Library of a sub-site/WSS site.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Wildly guessing (but with some logic behind the guess) -
> WSS doesn't allow
> >SQL searching (i.e. full-text and indexing) if you have
> MSDE installed. If
> >you did a standard WSS install (thus installing MSDE)
> and then later
> >connected to your external SQL Server, WSS would
> presumably think that you
> >were still running MSDE and would refuse to do full-text
> searching and
> >indexing.
> >
> >It makes a kind of sense but what about your case ??
> >
> >Mike Walsh
> >Helsinki
> >Finland
> >(Regretably E-mail requests for free help are ignored -
> please post
> >questions to the newsgroup(s))
> >
> >"Scott Lowe" <sloweNOSPAM@NOSPAMmercurionsystems.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:%23gpxP9EbDHA.1832@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> I don't know why this was the case, but upon further
> examination I found
> >> that Windows SharePoint Services was reporting that
> full-text searching
> >and
> >> indexing was not supported by the installed database
> engine. This is with
> >> an installation using the "small server farm" topology
> with one server
> >> running web, search, index, and job services and
> another server running
> >SQL
> >> 2000 SP3a.
> >>
> >> Any ideas as to why this is the case?
> >>
> >> Scott Lowe
> >> Mercurion Systems, Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Scott Lowe" <sloweNOSPAM@NOSPAMmercurionsystems.com>
> wrote in message
> >> news:%23xdKZMEaDHA.1488@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> > OK, after turning on logging for successes and
> exclusions, a review of
> >the
> >> > gatherer logs shows....well, nothing decipherable.
> >> >
> >> > All *.aspx pages were excluded, due to a default
> exclude content rule.
> >I
> >> > would assume this is to avoid the content of the
> *.aspx page (the actual
> >> > code) from being indexed and included during
> searches. The only other
> >> > consistent errors listed were:
> >> >
> >> > "Filter cannot be created, install a filter for this
> document" - to be
> >> > expected for Visio and Acrobat PDF files that have
> been loaded in the
> >> > portal. I haven't yet installed those IFilters.
> >> >
> >> > "Some parts of this document cannot be accessed" -
> unfortunately, the
> >> > gatherer log doesn't show me an actual filename, so
> I don't know what's
> >> > affected.
> >> >
> >> > "URL excluded due to a no-index attribute" - usually
> occurred with
> >*.aspx
> >> > pages, but also with a few other entries. Again, no
> decipherable
> >> > information to help narrow down exactly what was
> being excluded.
> >> >
> >> > "Restricted in file type rules" - expected for a
> couple of Microsoft
> >> Project
> >> > documents and some ColdFusion pages on remote web
> sites, since neither
> >> *.mpp
> >> > nor *.cfm are in the allowed file types for
> searching.
> >> >
> >> > Most of the entries in the gatherer log were
> something like this:
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >Sps://vmspsweb01/site$$$category/bucketid=1/itemid=869382
> 0d-e7df-4671-868b-5
> >> > 9084059650e?MetadataOnly
> >> >
> >> > How are we supposed to tell what that is? Some
> entries referenced a
> >> > specific file (the Microsoft Project documents
> excluded, for example),
> >but
> >> > most were like the one above.
> >> >
> >> > So what do you think?
> >> >
> >> > Scott Lowe
> >> > Mercurion Systems, Inc.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "James Edelen [MVP]" <jj4@mvps.org> wrote in message
> >> > news:OexzYlAaDHA.1280@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > > I failed to mention this in my previous post, but
> I would also try
> >> > turnning
> >> > > on logging of index successes (this is in the
> content source
> >properties
> >> as
> >> > > well) and then try a full reindex. Make sure
> that your files are
> >> > actually
> >> > > getting indexed. If for some reason, they are not
> showing up in the
> >> > success
> >> > > index log (or failed index log) then that the
> gatherer is skipping
> >them
> >> > > rather than just not indexing them properly.
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > James Edelen
> >> > > Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
> >> > > Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
> >> > > Microsoft Associate Expert
> >> > > Expert Zone -
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> > > "Scott Lowe"
> <sloweNOSPAM@NOSPAMmercurionsystems.com> wrote in message
> >> > > news:Oe544N3ZDHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > > > James,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thanks for the quick response. A perusal of the
> gatherer logs for
> >the
> >> > > > Portal_Content index shows only a couple of
> errors reported:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 0x80041201 - Object was not found
> >> > > > 0x8002802B - Element was not found
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The first error is reported for a number of
> items that I have
> >> > > > created--contacts lists, issues lists, and
> document libraries in
> >> various
> >> > > > areas and subareas of the portal site.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So what do you think? I'm going to check the
> web to see if I can
> >find
> >> > > > anything on these errors. In the meantime, any
> help you (or anyone
> >> > else)
> >> > > > can provide would be greatly appreciated.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Regards,
> >> > > > Scott Lowe
> >> > > > Mercurion Systems, Inc.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > "James Edelen [MVP]" <jj4@mvps.org> wrote in
> message
> >> > > > news:O%23DRP61ZDHA.652@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > > > > It defiantly should work faster than that
> (usually they are
> >> searchable
> >> > > in
> >> > > > 15
> >> > > > > mins). I would check the content source
> gatherer logs for any
> >> > > information
> >> > > > > or indication as to why they are not indexing.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > --
> >> > > > > James Edelen
> >> > > > > Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Portal Server
> >> > > > > Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center
> >> > > > > Microsoft Associate Expert
> >> > > > > Expert Zone -
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> > > > > "Scott Lowe"
> <sloweNOSPAM@NOSPAMmercurionsystems.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> > > > > news:e9cgZF1ZDHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > > > > > Pardon me for posting a question that may
> have already been
> >> > > > > answered...I've
> >> > > > > > searched this newsgroup but have been unable
> to find a solution
> >to
> >> > the
> >> > > > > > current problem.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > I have an installation of SPS 2003 (Beta 2
> Technical Refresh) in
> >a
> >> > > small
> >> > > > > > server farm--one server running SQL Server
> 2000 SP3a, a second
> >> > server
> >> > > > > > running SPS 2003 and acting as the web,
> search, index, and job
> >> > server.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Within our portal, I have created a number
> of areas and
> >sub-areas,
> >> > and
> >> > > > > > within one of these sub-areas I have
> uploaded documents (Word,
> >> > Excel,
> >> > > > and
> >> > > > > > Visio) into the Document Library for that
> area. (As an aside,
> >I'm
> >> > not
> >> > > > > > pleased with the document management
> functionality--or lack
> >> > > thereof--in
> >> > > > > SPS
> >> > > > > > 2003 unless you install the backwards-
> compatible document
> >library.
> >> > > But
> >> > > > > > that's another story.)
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > What I have found is that searches on words
> I know to be inside
> >> one
> >> > of
> >> > > > > these
> >> > > > > > documents do not return any results. In
> fact, the only searches
> >> > that
> >> > > > > return
> >> > > > > > results are searches that include content
> from external web
> >sites.
> >> > > > > (Which,
> >> > > > > > unbeknownst to me, are now being indexed
> simply because I
> >created
> >> a
> >> > > > portal
> >> > > > > > listing that references the external web
> site.)
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Any suggestions? I have installed the
> Indexing Service on the
> >> > > > > > web/search/index server, made sure it is
> allowed as a web
> >service
> >> > > > > extension
> >> > > > > > in IIS, and restarted the IIS services.
> That was two days ago,
> >> and
> >> > it
> >> > > > > still
> >> > > > > > doesn't work. (I have tried to be patient.)
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Regards,
> >> > > > > > Scott Lowe
> >> > > > > > Mercurion Systems, Inc.
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