Microsoft KB Archive/281859

= Comma in Place of Decimal Symbol Causes Report Writer to Miscalculate Results =

Article ID: 281859

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q281859



SYMPTOMS
When system locale (location) (found on the General tab of Regional Options under Control Panel) is changed to French, the decimal symbol changes from a period (.) to a comma. This causes reports that are generated by Site Server Report Writer to be miscalculated. For example, the &quot;Top 10% of All Requests&quot; actually returns 100 percent of requests.

This problem can occur if the setting is changed to any of these:

French (Belgium)

French (Canada)

French (France)

French (Luxembourg)

French (Monaco)

French (Switzerland)



CAUSE
Mathematical calculations do not work with a comma as a decimal symbol.



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Site Server Service Pack 5 that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

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

   Date    Time     Version       Size    File name     Platform 01/26/1999 09:54                  1,178   EULA.TXT 02/12/2001 20:24  7.0.0.1316  3,382,272  REPORTDA.EXE    x86 02/12/2001 20:24  7.0.0.1316  3,592,192  REPORTDS.EXE    x86 01/25/1999 12:20  7.0.826.0      65,104   UPDATE.EXE     x86 02/13/2001 19:57                  4,270   UPDATE.INF



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, go to Control Panel and start the Regional Options utility. Click the Numbers tab and set the Decimal symbol to a period.



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

Keywords: kbqfe kbprb kbhotfixserver KB281859

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