Some documents are not returned in the search results when you search for content that contains particular Chinese Traditional characters in SharePoint Server 2007

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256986
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SYMPTOMS

You search a SharePoint site in the Chinese Traditional version of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for content that contains particular Chinese Traditional characters. However, some documents that contain the characters are not returned in the search results. For example, when you search by using a person's full name, documents that contain the name are returned in the search results. However, when you search by using a person's first name, no documents are returned in the search results.
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CAUSE

By default, the Chinese Traditional word breaker in SharePoint Server 2007 indexes Chinese names as whole entities. Therefore, you must search by using all the characters in a person's name to locate documents that contain the name. If you search by using only the characters in the first name or only the characters in the last name, documents that contain the name are not returned in the search results.
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RESOLUTION

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How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Hotfix Package that is dated May 15, 2007. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
936877
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936877/ )
Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package for SharePoint Server 2007 and for SharePoint Server 2007 for Search: May 8, 2007

Enable the hotfix

To enable the hotfix after you install it, add the DisablePropName registry entry to the following registry subkey, and then set the registry entry to 1:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\LanguageResources\Default\Chinese (Traditional)
When you set the DisablePropName registry entry to 1, the Chinese Traditional word breaker breaks characters in the name during the index process and during the search process. In this scenario, you can use a person's first name, last name, or full name to search for documents that contain the name.

If you do not have to search by using a person's first name or last name, set the DisablePropName registry entry to 0 (zero). Or, remove the DisablePropName registry entry. In this scenario, you must use a person's full name to search for documents that contain the name.

To add the DisablePropName registry entry and then set the registry entry to 1, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Click the following registry subkey:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\LanguageResources\Default\Chinese (Traditional)
  3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
  4. Type DisablePropName, and then press ENTER.
  5. Right-click DisablePropName, and then click Modify.
  6. Type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.
  7. On the File menu, click Exit to exit Registry Editor.
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Article ID: 937039 - Last Review: October 8, 2011 - Revision: 2.0
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  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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