Microsoft KB Archive/936968

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FIX: You may receive incorrect results when you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query and the WHERE clause and the SELECT clause in the query contain different attributes of the same dimension in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

Article ID: 936968

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

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Bug #: 500001122 (SQL Hotfix)

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, you may receive incorrect results. This problem occurs when the following clauses in the query contain different attributes of the same dimension:

• WHERE
• SELECT

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the attributes are incorrectly overwritten when you run the MDX query.

RESOLUTION

Cumulative update information

To resolve this problem, obtain cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (build 3175). For more information about how to obtain cumulative update package 2 (build 3175), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

936305 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is available

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio, and then connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services.
2. Create a new MDX query against the Adventure Works database.

3. Run the following MDX query:

   SELECT [Measures].[Internet Sales Amount] ON COLUMNS,
      NON EMPTY { 
       {[Date].[Month of Year].&[1]}   //January
       }
       ON ROWS FROM 
   [Adventure Works]
   where   
   {
   [Date].[Date].&[184]    //Dec 31, 2001
   , 
   [Date].[Date].&[185]  //Jan 1, 2002
   }

The query returns NULL. However, the correct result should be the value for January 1, 2002.

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