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Christopher

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Dec 14, 2009, 6:41:02 AM12/14/09

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody
reported that they couldn't find the name of a person. After digging around
we discovered that the language preference the user has selected in their
browser makes an impact on the search results. We then though it might have
something to do with the person having Norwegian characters in the name we
searched for. However, searching for another name that didn't contain any
Norwegian characters didn't return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

Steven Cheng

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Dec 16, 2009, 4:31:38 AM12/16/09

Hi Chris,

When using the MOSS search UI, it is the query page that help perform the
query execution in search result/indice. For webbrowser, the user-language
setting is likely used by MOSS(asp.net application) as the CultureInfo(used
for determine sorting, number format .... in .net framework application).

Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we
can use a custom query result page to workaround it:

#How To: Avoid IE language settings affecting MOSS search results
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-
ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
msd...@microsoft.com.

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Subject: Search results depend on browser language
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800

ovacerenincekaraoglu

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Mar 23, 2010, 3:55:48 AM3/23/10

there is a solution as well as a very good explanation why it is happenning:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

stchen wrote:

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Hi Chris,

Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we
can use a custom query result page to workaround it:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-
ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoZXI=?= <Christ...@nospam.nospam>
Subject: Search results depend on browser language
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

we discovered that the language preference the user has selected in their
browser makes an impact on the search results. We then though it might have
something to do with the person having Norwegian characters in the name we

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any
Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

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\par When using the MOSS search UI, it is the query page that help perform the query execution in search result/indice. For webbrowser, the user-language setting is likely used by MOSS(asp.net application) as the CultureInfo(used for determine sorting, number format .... in .net framework application).
\par
\par Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we can use a custom query result page to workaround it:
\par
\par #How To: Avoid IE language settings affecting MOSS search results
\par http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx
\par
\par Sincerely,
\par
\par Steven Cheng
\par
\par Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
\par
\par
\par Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: msd...@microsoft.com.
\par
\par
\par
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\par From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoZXI=?= <Christ...@nospam.nospam>
\par Subject: Search results depend on browser language
\par Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800
\par
\par
\par We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody
\par reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around
\par we discovered that the language preference the user has selected in their
\par browser makes an impact on the search results. We then though it might have
\par something to do with the person having Norwegian characters in the name we
\par searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any
\par Norwegian characters did not return a result either.
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\par Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
\par used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?
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On Monday, December 14, 2009 6:41 AM
Christopher wrote:

Search results depend on browser language

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any
Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

On Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:31 AM
stchen wrote:

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Hi Chris,

Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we
can use a custom query result page to workaround it:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-
ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoZXI=?= <Christ...@nospam.nospam>
Subject: Search results depend on browser language
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any
Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

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On Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:54 AM
ova ceren incekaraoglu wrote:

solution
there is a solution to this problem in addition to a good explanation why it is happening:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

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ovacerenincekaraoglu

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Mar 23, 2010, 3:54:07 AM3/23/10

there is a solution to this problem in addition to a good explanation why it is happening:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

stchen wrote:

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Hi Chris,

Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we
can use a custom query result page to workaround it:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-
ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoZXI=?= <Christ...@nospam.nospam>
Subject: Search results depend on browser language
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any

Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

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Search results depend on browser language

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any

Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

On Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:31 AM
stchen wrote:

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Hi Chris,

Here is a msdn blog article which also mentioned this behavior, seems we
can use a custom query result page to workaround it:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/adir_ron/archive/2007/12/11/how-to-avoid-
ie-language-settings-affecting-moss-search-results.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2hyaXN0b3BoZXI=?= <Christ...@nospam.nospam>
Subject: Search results depend on browser language
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:41:02 -0800

We have a MOSS installation with a configured SSP. The other day somebody

reported that they could not find the name of a person. After digging around

searched for. However, searching for another name that did not contain any

Norwegian characters did not return a result either.

Why is the browser language being used? What information about a user is
used to for this filtering? How do we debug this?

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