How to use the search.asmx service to search a particular library?

Question

Let's say I have a library, mylibrary, that I want to search in using the search web service. How would I do that? So far I have tried this MSSQLFT query:

SELECT Title, Description, Path, Rank
FROM SCOPE()
WHERE FREETEXT(defaultproperties, 'test')
  AND "PATH" LIKE '%mylibrary%'
  AND "SCOPE" = 'All Sites'
ORDER BY Rank DESC

If I run this query, I get no results. If I remove the PATH condition I get a result with a path like:

http://sharepoint/mylibrary/test.docx

This makes no sense to me. Is there something I'm doing wrong, or is it just not supposed to work this way? How should I do this?

Answer 1

If you're using SharePoint 2010 then you shouldn't use the SQL syntax the keyword syntax is simple just use

site:mylibrary test