Configure searching with Indexing Server
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n/a,
FAQ number:
99,
Old FAQ number: 1027
How to setup catalogs and directories in Indexing Server
To learn about catalogs and directories in Indexing Server and how to setup them, see the Indexing Server technote on the technotes page.
How to configure the MainScope field in the PageSearch webcontrol
The MainScope field specifies the paths or virtual roots to be searched and how they will be traversed. The MainScope field maps directly to the SQL query language Scope function. For details, see this query language syntax page on MSDN.
Examples of MainScope values:
| MainScope |
Description |
| d:\xxx\yyy\zzz |
Searches in physical path d:\xxx\yyy\zzz only. |
| aaa/bbb |
Searches in virtual path aaa/bbb only. |
| 'c:\aaa\bbb', 'c:\ccc' |
Searches only in physical paths c:\aaa\bbb and c:\ccc. |
| 'c:\aaa\bbb', 'c:\ccc', 'zzz' |
Searches only in physical paths c:\aaa\bbb and c:\ccc and also in the virtual path zzz. |
| SHALLOW TRAVERSAL OF 'c:\dir1\dir2' |
Performs a shallow traversal search in physical path c:\dir1\dir2 only. |
| DEEP TRAVERSAL OF 'SearchDir' |
Performs a deep traversal search in virtual path SearchDir. |
| DEEP TRAVERSAL OF 'SearchDir', 'c:\aaa' |
Performs a deep traversal search in virtual path SearchDir and also in physical path c:\aaa. |