Johnny's RIA Corner

Fast Tips for FAST for SharePoint #2 by johnnyt

When trying to query for a document that has a question mark (?) in its name or address as part of a FQL query, you may notice weird behavior from FAST. For example, let's send a query that look for a document with the URL address of http://localhost/blogs.aspx?blogid=5: string fqlQuery= @"and(path:(string(""http://localhost/blogs.aspx?blogid=5"", Mode=""PHRASE"")), filter(sitename:equals(""Local SharePoint"")))" ; Sending...

Working with FAST Search For SharePoint 2010 Document Promotions Programmatically by johnnyt

As much as I love working with the FAST for SharePoint 2010 search engine, finding documentation for it online is quite a challenging task. This is why I'm going to try and document as much as possible about the little 'gems' I find while working with FAST. Using FAST for SharePoint you can define documents to be promoted within the search results list, indicating that they are highly relevant results for a particular keyword or its synonyms. The promoted documents will appear at the...