I encountered the following error when using the search on flexicontent.
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1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') JOIN spiral_categories AS c ON c.id = i.catid JOIN spiral_flexicontent_items_e' at line 1 SQL=SELECT i.id, i.title AS title, i.created, i.id AS fc_item_id, i.access, ie.type_id, i.language, GROUP_CONCAT(ai.search_index ORDER BY f.ordering ASC SEPARATOR ' ') AS text, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(i.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(':', i.id, i.alias) ELSE i.id END as slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(c.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(':', c.id, c.alias) ELSE c.id END as categoryslug, CONCAT_WS( " / ", 'Content', c.title, i.title ) AS section, c.access as category_access, ty.access as type_access, 1 AS has_access FROM spiral_content AS i JOIN spiral_flexicontent_advsearch_index as ai ON ai.item_id = i.id AND ai.field_id IN () JOIN spiral_categories AS c ON c.id = i.catid JOIN spiral_flexicontent_items_ext AS ie ON ie.item_id = i.id JOIN spiral_flexicontent_types AS ty ON ie.type_id = ty.id JOIN spiral_flexicontent_fields as f ON f.id=ai.field_id WHERE 1 AND i.state IN (1,-5) AND c.published = 1 AND ( i.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR i.publish_up <= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ) AND ( i.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR i.publish_down >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ) AND ty.access IN (0,1,1,5) AND c.access IN (0,1,1,5) AND i.access IN (0,1,1,5) AND ie.type_id IN (1) AND i.id IN ( SELECT item_id FROM spiral_flexicontent_advsearch_index AS ts WHERE MATCH (ts.search_index) AGAINST ('+ss850*' IN BOOLEAN MODE) AND field_id IN ()) GROUP BY i.id ORDER BY i.created DESC, i.title LIMIT 0, 50
I had the flexi advanced search plugin published (all other search and smart search plugins were unpublished), the fields were configured correctly, the site was indexed and there was a menu item created for the search page.
Turned out the missing bit was Searchable Types in the configuration of the search menu item (Options tab). After selecting the type (in my case "Project") I wanted to be searched through, the problem was resolved.