FIX: Incorrect Results Return When You Query a Virtual Cube (309181)

SYMPTOMS

There are two issues regarding virtual cubes and incorrect results returned from a Multidimensional Expression (MDX). The first issue is when you use the NON EMPTY keyword in a MDX query against a virtual cube and that virtual cube has fewer levels then one of the underlying cubes. The MDX query returns incorrect or empty values.

The second issue is if you have a security role defined for a dimension with server side enforcement. If you then query a virtual cube that has the dimension as part of the virtual cubes definition, the query produces an incorrect result or the client may stop responding.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack

Hotfix

NOTE: The following hotfix was created prior to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time       Version    Size           File name   
   ---------------------------------------------------------------

   09/20/2001   02:32 PM   8.00.448   1,831,492 KB   Msmdsrv.exe

   09/20/2001   04:00 PM   8.00.448   2,007,632 KB   Msolap80.dll

NOTE: Due to file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2.