Viewing Search Results XML

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If you need to view the actual xml that is returned in SharePoint search results, you need to modify the search core results webpart and replace the display properties with this:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=”1.0″ xmlns:xsl=”http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform“>
<xsl:output method=”xml” version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ indent=”yes”/>
<xsl:template match=”/”>
<xmp><xsl:copy-of select=”*”/></xmp>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Note:  Remember to backup the old display properties for the search core results webpart in case it was customized before doing this.

Here is the MSDN Link for a more in-depth explanation of this.

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