SYMPTOMS
When you use an ALTER CUBE statement to update a write-enabled dimension in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, the value that is written to the source column in the relational data souce may be incorrect if the updated value contains an embedded single quotation mark. The value that is written to the source column will be missing the character that comes before the embedded single quotation mark.
Here is an example:
ALTER CUBE [HR] UPDATE DIMENSION MEMBER [Employees].&[1], Full_Name ='O''Dell, Tina Slone'
Note With MDX syntax, embedded single quotation marks in string parameters must be delimited. Therefore, the two single quotation marks in the command in the example are required in the name O'Dell in order for the single quotation mark to be treated as an embedded quotation mark and not as the end of the string that is assigned to
Full_Name.
If you run the command that is in the example, the
Full_Name member property for employee #1 that is in the relational data source becomes
'Dell, Tina Slone instead of
O'Dell, Tina Slone as expected.
RESOLUTION
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
Hotfix information
The English version of this fix has
the file attributes (or later) 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.
Date Time Version Size File name
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03-Nov-2003 17:08 8.0.874.0 217,668 Msmdcb80.dll
28-Oct-2003 02:58 8.0.0.872 4,059,716 Msmddo80.dll
03-Nov-2003 17:08 8.0.874.0 1,032,768 Msmdgd80.dll
28-Oct-2003 02:58 8.0.823.0 172,608 Msmdpump.dll
28-Oct-2003 02:58 8.0.0.864 9,638,468 Msmdsgn80.dll
04-Nov-2003 21:45 8.0.875.0 1,835,588 Msmdsrv.exe
03-Nov-2003 17:08 8.0.874.0 2,077,264 Msolap80.dll
10-May-2003 08:05 8.0.820.0 213,069 Msolap80.rll
Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature
that contains these files may also contain additional
files.
SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit
For additional information about a hotfix build that is designed for a server that is running SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit, or to find out if a fix is scheduled to be included in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services 64-bit Service Pack 4, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
831653 Availability of Analysis Services
2000 64-bit hotfix build
REFERENCES
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684
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