>actually I found the clue to the Ansi issue here in the same category in a thread "Problems with MY" Thread ID: 1161679 Message ID: 1161680. >There Tore Bleken pointed to a blog of Craig Boyd >http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,2af060e1-2d2b-4988-bb53-d44532e50778.aspx >where I found that the actual problem was that Ansi setting. Craig proposes a slightly different workaround there, so I will have to evaluate two opinions about this issue. Your solution looks more stringent. > >So I don't feel entitled to report this bug and put Craig Boyd's feathers on my hat (as we would say in German ;)> )