KB197519 - Err Msg: Invalid Column Name Found in the Columns Property

Article ID: 197519

Article Last Modified on 7/22/1999

Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q197519

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

When you attempt to search any catalog with Site Server Search the following error appears:

Invalid column name found in the Columns Property.

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For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

The following text is from the Site Server Search readme file (http://localhost/SiteServer/docs/readme_sss.htm):

   Changing the Location of Site Server Search

   If you reinstall Site Server or change your system configuration, and
   the path to Search is changed, you must manually update the registry
   key
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndexCommon\ 
   DefaultColumnFile. The value for this registry key should point to
   <Site_Server
   _Installation_Directory>\Data\Search\Config\DefineColumns.txt.

   Because this key is shared with Index Server, this key is not updated
   during setup, and it is not deleted when you remove Site Server from
   your system.

   To correct the problem, view the registry key above and make sure that
   the path points to the
   <Site_Server_Installation_Directory>\Data\Search\Config\DefineColumns.t
   xt file.

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