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January 31, 2010
Question

Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms does not index my PDF files in SQL server database

  • January 31, 2010
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hi all

I need your help

i have this asp.net site which works with sql server

it searches a specific word in the database with full text search

in my database i have a column of type image that holds a PDF file

i want my SP to search for given word in my file

so i installed the Adobe Ifilter

configured it and every thing worked fine

but after i moved to production Server and installed every thing the same way ...it did not create the index for the pdf files

i can search for doc and docx and even for xml but not pdf

i know i installed it correctly since it is working great in the testing environment

i used this link for the configuration

http://www.adobe.com/special/acrobat/configuring_pdf_ifilter_for_ms_sql_server_2005.pdf

the only difference i see between my Testing environment and my Production environment  is that

my testing has

windows sever 2003 sp2 with Sql server 2005 64 bit std sp2   -- works fine

my production  has

windows sever 2003 R2sp2 with Sql server 2005 64 bit ent sp3  --does not work, does not index my pdf files

can you tell me if there are problems with some environments ?

are there any known problems with this Ifilter ?

what should i do ..

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    MichaelKazlow
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    January 31, 2010

    This is a forum or discuss issues with how these forums work. Please go back to the main search page to find an appropriate forum to discuss the problem. Perhaps the Acrobat Windows forum.

    January 31, 2010

    Thank you

    I opened it in the Acrobat Windows forum

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/2557155#2557155

    meidad Evyoni