Microsoft KB Archive/842707

= FIX: Changes to the member properties structure in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services can cause incorrect results or service failures =

Article ID: 842707

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

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Bug #: 14347 (Plato7x)



SYMPTOMS
After you have made structural changes to the member properties of a dimension in Analysis Services, the following behavior may occur:
 * Queries that reference the member properties of the dimension may return incorrect results.
 * Queries that reference the member properties of the dimension may return &quot;#ERR&quot;.
 * The Analysis Services service may crash when the Analysis Services service, or Msmdsrv.exe process, tries to run the query.



CAUSE
When structural changes are made to the member properties of a dimension in Analysis Services, the server must rebuild the member properties for the dimension. If a member exists in the multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) dimension structure, but the relational source record for the dimension member no longer exists, the member properties for that member cannot be retrieved. Therefore, the dimension member structure and the member properties structure are no longer synchronized, and the behavior that is mentioned in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section occurs.



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

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Prerequisites
This hotfix requires SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 3 (SP3).

For additional information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that this article describes. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

32-bit hotfix version   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name -

28-May-2004 00:23  8.0.946.0      221,760  Msmdcb80.dll 28-May-2004 00:24  8.0.0.946    4,063,808  Msmddo80.dll 28-May-2004 00:17  8.0.946.0    1,032,768  Msmdgd80.dll 28-May-2004 00:11  8.0.946.0      172,608  Msmdpump.dll 28-May-2004 00:33  8.0.0.946    9,642,564  Msmdsgn80.dll 28-May-2004 00:12  8.0.946.0    1,835,588  Msmdsrv.exe 28-May-2004 00:34  8.0.946.0    2,081,360  Msolap80.dll 27-May-2004 23:43  8.0.946.0      446,524  Msmdsgn.rll 27-May-2004 23:29  8.0.946.0      213,068  Msolap80.rll 64-bit hotfix version   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name 28-May-2004 02:01  8.0.946.0    5,493,760  Msmdcb80.dll 28-May-2004 02:01  8.0.946.0    5,803,520  Msmdgd80.dll 28-May-2004 02:01  8.0.946.0    5,131,776  Msmdpump.dll 28-May-2004 02:01  8.0.946.0    5,994,496  Msmdsrv.exe 28-May-2004 02:01  8.0.946.0    6,672,896  Msolap80.dll 28-May-2004 00:47  8.0.946.0      201,216  Msolap80.rll Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

