Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 09/21/05 00:32

Erland Sommarskog (esquel@sommarskog.se) writes:
> helmut woess (hw@iis.at) writes:
>> Am Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:58:46 GMT schrieb Dan Guzman:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;835188
>>
>> Hmmm, i am not sure what to do with this information. If it is a bug why
>> was it not fixed in one of the next service packs?
>> And there is no definition what the result will be after fixing the bug.
>> And i did not find any information if this bug is fixed in SQL2005.
>
> The behaviour is the same in SQL 2005.
>
> But the funny thing is that Books Online for SQL 2005 explicitly says that
> you should get NULL back in this case...

Got an update: Books Online for 2005 is wrong and will be updated.
The current behaviour will not change, because it could cause compatibility
issues.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/productdoc/2000/books.asp

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