FIX: Me.Value is evaluated incorrectly when it is used to access the Value property of a text box in a SSRS 2008 report if the report has a page header or a page footer

Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security updates that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 SP2 update release.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS 2008) report that has a text box. The report has a page header or a page footer.
• You use Me.Value to access the Value property of the text box.
  
  For example, you set the tool tip expression of the text box to =IIF (IsNothing(Me.Value), 'True', 'False').
• You run the report.

In this scenario, Me.Value might be incorrectly evaluated to a NULL value.

Cumulative update information

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2008 SP2

The fix for this issue was first released in cumulative update package 6. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new update release contains all the hotfixes and all the security updates that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 SP2 update release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent update release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:

• Replace Me.Value with TextboxName.Value in the expression.
• Remove all page headers and page footers in the report.

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