xpages full text searching - xpages

Question

I've been following Dave's Notesin9 video on full text searching.
My source code is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core"
defaultLinkTarget="_blank">
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:inputText id="inputText1" value="#{requestScope.variant}"></xp:inputText>
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:text escape="true" id="computedField1" value="#{javascript:requestScope.variant}"></xp:text>
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:button id="button3" value="Search"><xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete" immediate="false" save="true"></xp:eventHandler></xp:button>
<xp:br></xp:br>
<xp:viewPanel id="viewPanel1" pageName="/p_form.xsp" rows="20">
<xp:this.facets>
<xp:pager partialRefresh="true" layout="Previous Group Next"
xp:key="headerPager" id="pager1" style="width:40.0px">
</xp:pager>
<xp:viewTitle xp:key="viewTitle" id="viewTitle1"
value="List of documents"
style="width:153.0px;background-color:rgb(64,128,128);color:rgb(255,255,0)">
</xp:viewTitle>
</xp:this.facets>
<xp:this.data>
<xp:dominoView var="view1" viewName="vijay"
search="#{javascript:requestScope.variant}">
</xp:dominoView>
</xp:this.data>
<xp:viewColumn columnName="name" id="viewColumn1"
showCheckbox="true" displayAs="link">
<xp:viewColumnHeader value="name" id="viewColumnHeader1"
style="background-color:rgb(192,192,192)">
</xp:viewColumnHeader>
</xp:viewColumn>
<xp:viewColumn columnName="age" id="viewColumn2">
<xp:viewColumnHeader value="age" id="viewColumnHeader2"
style="background-color:rgb(192,192,192)">
</xp:viewColumnHeader>
</xp:viewColumn>
<xp:viewColumn columnName="email" id="viewColumn3">
<xp:viewColumnHeader value="email" id="viewColumnHeader3"
style="background-color:rgb(192,192,192)">
</xp:viewColumnHeader>
</xp:viewColumn>
<xp:viewColumn id="viewColumn4" style="width:89.0px"
displayAs="link" columnName="$6">
<xp:this.facets>
<xp:viewColumnHeader xp:key="header"
id="viewColumnHeader4" value="Attch">
</xp:viewColumnHeader>
</xp:this.facets>
</xp:viewColumn>
</xp:viewPanel>
<xp:button value="New Topic" id="button1">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action>
<xp:openPage target="newDocument" name="/p_form.xsp"></xp:openPage>
</xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
<xp:button value="Delete selected" id="button2">
<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
refreshMode="complete">
<xp:this.action>
<xp:deleteSelectedDocuments view="viewPanel1"
message="Are you sure to delete it('em)?">
</xp:deleteSelectedDocuments>
</xp:this.action>
</xp:eventHandler>
</xp:button>
</xp:view>
here, included a textfield to input the search term,
computed field to view the queried term,
a button labelled search as a submit button.
Entered value in the textfield and
when i press the search button, i get error 500.
Where lies the mistake?
Pls help.

Answer 1

Naveen's almost certainly spot on, that the database is not full text indexed. Check the \data\IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT folder on the server, for the latest modified file starting xpages_exc_###. This will give the full detailed error, including the stack trace. The XPages Log Reader project on OpenNTF can be used to view those files from a browser.
I'd recommend using sessionScope instead of requestScope for the search value. If you use requestScope, it's only available during that partial refresh. So when the user uses a pager or opens a document and goes back to the view, the requestScope variable is null again, so the search criteria are lost.