Microsoft KB Archive/308966

= FIX: Use of MDX Hierarchize Function Over a CrossJoin Set Fails with Internal Error =

Article ID: 308966

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

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This article was previously published under Q308966



BUG #: 12619 (Plato7.x)



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Hierarchize Multidimensional Expression (MDX) function over a cross join set, the MDX query fails with this error message:

Unable to open cellset. An unexpected internal error has occurred.



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



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services.

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



Steps To Reproduce Behavior
With the FoodMart 2000 database, you can reproduce the error message by running the following MDX query: SELECT HIERARCHIZE(CROSSJOIN({[Customers].[All Customers].[USA],[Customers].[All Customers]},{[Gender].[All Gender]})) ON COLUMNS FROM SALES This problem only occurs in Analysis Service 2000. The same query runs successfully in Microsoft OLAP 7.0.

Additional query words: OLAP

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB308966

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