What does HRESULT 0x8004161B (QUERY_E_DUPLICATE_RANGE_NAME) mean?

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two ranges in a GROUP ON clause use the same label even though each ranged label must be unique.

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QUERY_E_DUPLICATE_RANGE_NAME

QUERY_E_DUPLICATE_RANGE_NAME is a group-range labeling error. Windows Search allows user-friendly labels after range limits, but those names identify groups in the hierarchical rowset and must not be duplicated within the range definition.

Validate range labels after localization and generation

Log the full GROUP ON range list after labels are localized or generated.
Check for different numeric/date boundaries that accidentally receive the same display label.
Keep labels unique even when adjacent ranges represent related concepts; use the returned range value separately from the label.

The documented grouping syntax uses range limit/'label' entries and also reserves logical group names such as MINVALUE and NULL for boundary cases. Duplicate labels make named group handling ambiguous. The catalog data and range values can be valid while only the presentation/identifier label generation is wrong, so reindexing has no effect on this HRESULT.

GROUP ON range labels · Windows Search SQL overview · Legacy query errors

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