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February 26
MOSS – Site Local Search incompatible with Server Name Mappings

In order to do site specific search (a.k.a. “This Site” scope) you can append a query string parameter as follows-

http://server/results.aspx?k=sharepoint&u=http%3A%2F%2Fserver%2Flists

Problem
The above will return zero results if you have a server name mapping configured in your search settings-

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Solution
Removing the server name mapping will resolve this issue and site specific search works as expected

 

Tip: Adding a query string url restriction is equivalent to the following-
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