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Error message when you try to search for content in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site: The site URLOfSite could not be found in the Web application

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Article ID: 936914 - Last Review: May 24, 2007 - Revision: 1.0

Error message when you try to search for content in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site: "The site <URLOfSite> could not be found in the Web application"

SYMPTOMS

When you try to search for content in a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site, you receive the following error message:
The site URLOfSite could not be found in the Web application SPWebApplication Name=Intranets Parent=SPWebService

CAUSE

This issue occurs if a site collection does not exist at the root of the Web application. For example, this issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • You define a managed path for the Web application. To do this, you add an "explicit inclusion" included path.
  • You create a site collection at the URL that you specified in the included path. For example, you create a site collection at the following URL:
    http://ServerName/Site1
  • You do not create a site collection at the root of the Web application.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, create a site collection at the root of the Web application.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to create a site collection in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/f6e695fe-a3c2-4833-a746-5310a6332c531033.mspx?mfr=true (http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/WSS/en/library/f6e695fe-a3c2-4833-a746-5310a6332c531033.mspx?mfr=true)

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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