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Article ID: 972955 - Last Review: September 23, 2009 - Revision: 1.0

Error message when you try to run a query in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service"

SYMPTOMS

When you try to run a query in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, you intermittently receive the following error message:
Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.SearchServiceNotFoundException: The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service.
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query.FullTextSqlQuery.Execute()
However, all the search servers are actually available at that time.

Note This problem rarely occurs.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the following hotfixes:
973409  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=973409/ ) Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (Coreserver.msp): August 25, 2009
973410  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=973410/ ) Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (Sts.msp): August 25, 2009

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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