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FIX: Additional data columns for ascendant members are returned unexpectedly when you run an MDX statement against an instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services that has SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 installed

Article ID:938585
Last Review:September 11, 2007
Revision:1.3
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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. You have a Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) statement that uses the DIMENSION PROPERTIES keyword to retrieve member properties. You run the MDX statement against an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services that has Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. The MDX statement returns the result in a flattened rowset. In this scenario, additional data columns for ascendant members are returned unexpectedly.

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RESOLUTION

Cumulative update information

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
936305 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936305/LN/) Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
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 2005 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:
937137 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/LN/) The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

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STATUS

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

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, when used with:
  Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

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Keywords: 
kbqfe kbfix kbsql2005as kbsql2005bi kbexpertiseadvanced kbpubtypekc KB938585

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