My only suggestion is to look to see if the network user login has a database field, table, or other restriction that causes different figures to be returned somewhere in the SQL query.
Steve -- Steve Peacocke Software Development Manager InSoft (NZ) Ltd. P.O. Box 21051, Hamilton, New Zealand Phone: 07 839-3233 Mobile: 0274 100-122 On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:26 PM, John Davys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an odd one but I have had the problem demonstrated to me today as > I found it hard to believe. > > I'm using BDS 2006, Delphi personality plus the TMS component set. The > application uses a mathematical model to simulate heat transfer and does > millions of calculations solving differential equations numerically to > generate temperatures over time etc. The results are displayed in a TMS grid > and a TeeChart component draws a graph of them. > > The strange thing is that the calculations & graph come out fine if the > user is logged into the pc as a local user but not if the user is logged > into the pc as a domain user. The numbers calculated are garbage in the > second case. So that's the same app, on the same hardware, only difference > being the logged in user. No exceptions are generated, it runs without > apparent error. > > When logged into the network, the user is part of a large company network > (Microsoft Active Directory) that has a strict lockdown policy where most > users are severely restricted in what they can do or see. When logged in > as a local user he is in the Administrators group whereas logged in as a > domain user he won't be. > > This is running under XP, SP2. It is recent hardware, an HP laptop. > > I can't duplicate the problem on any of my development or test machines. > I'm on a different network but it's still MS active directory and I'm logged > in as a network user. > > A further point of interest is that a tester, in a different organisation, > reports the same issue i.e. it doesn't produce the correct answers as a > network user but does on a standalone pc. In this case the standalone pc is > a physically different machine. > > I'm struggling to come up with any kind of mechanism that could account for > this behaviour. Any ideas? > > Cheers > John > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Davys > Senior Consultant - Database Systems > Rezare Systems Limited > Hamilton, New Zealand > ph: (07) 857 0824 > mobile: (027) 557 0824 > http://www.rezare.co.nz > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: > unsubscribe >
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