CRS: Web Admin Truncates DBCS Characters

ID: Q170293

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0 - Microsoft Content Replication System

SYMPTOMS

The piglet interpreter (PGI) used by the Content Replication System (CRS) SSO truncates incoming unicode strings with valid double-byte character set (DBCS) characters to half their original length.

CAUSE

This occurs because of a miscalculation of the destination length in the piglet code.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q183062
   TITLE     : MCIS 1.0 Service Packs 1 and 2 Information

Additional query words: nmdcrs crs mcis sp2

Version           : WINNT:1.0
Platform          : winnt
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: April 17, 1998