Microsoft KB Archive/308968

= FIX: Incorrect Results Occur When You Use Currency Data Type with Very Large Value =

Article ID: 308968

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

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This article was previously published under Q308968



BUG #: 12579 (Plato7.x)



SYMPTOMS
The rollups for some measures may be incorrect if the data type used for the measure is currency and the value that is calculated is very large, such as $138,531,491,391,167.00.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. 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



WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, use a different data type for the measure that will hold the large value, such as a double.



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 Analysis Services Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: OLAP SP2 datatype

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB308968

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