It appears that it was related to W2KSP2 insofar as having it installed caused the problem. Additionally, the problem only manifest itself in the rendering of currency. LSParseDateTime() was unaffected.
Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Piponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 November 2002 16:58 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ cf-dev ] CF5 setlocale bug > > > As the old email below discussed, there's a bug in CF5 with > setlocal(). > > Do we know if there's a fix to this or does CFMX fix this? > > Paolo > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Steve Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:58 PM > >To: Cfug-Dev > >Subject: [ cf-dev ] CF5 locale bug > > > > > >I've just discovered what appears to be a rather annoying > bug in CF5 which > >Niklas was good enough to confirm. I plan to make a report > and post it to > MM > >but I'd like you guys to have a go at replicating it first > so that I can > let > >MM know the configuration scenarios involved. > > > >The suspected bug involves the locale specific features of > CF5 and appears > >to manifest itself by getting the locale settings for UK and > US mixed up. > >The following code can be used to determine whether and how your > >installation of CF5 is affected: > > > >(1) > ><!--- This should render �1.23 ---> > ><cfset oldLocale=SetLocale("English (UK)")> > ><cfoutput> > >#LSCurrencyFormat("1.23")# > ></cfoutput> > > > >(2) > ><!--- This should render $1.23 ---> > ><cfset oldLocale=SetLocale("English (US)")> > ><cfoutput> > >#LSCurrencyFormat("1.23")# > ></cfoutput> > > > >On various machines that I tried the above code on I > witnessed $ being > >rendered in both cases, OR � in both cases. I haven't > managed to get CF5 to > >render both a � for (1) and a $ for (2). > >I'd appreciate you guys trying this out and letting me know > >1) What you find > >2) What your various configurations are > >3) What your opinions are on what may be causing it > >4) Your favourite colour > > > >Cheers, > >Steve Martin > >Macromedia Certified Instructor > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >we found this bug a while back in CF4.5 sp2 after installing > win2000sp2 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Steve Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:58 PM > >To: Cfug-Dev > >Subject: [ cf-dev ] CF5 locale bug > > > > > >I've just discovered what appears to be a rather annoying > bug in CF5 which > >Niklas was good enough to confirm. I plan to make a report > and post it to > MM > >but I'd like you guys to have a go at replicating it first > so that I can > let > >MM know the configuration scenarios involved. > > > >The suspected bug involves the locale specific features of > CF5 and appears > >to manifest itself by getting the locale settings for UK and > US mixed up. > >The following code can be used to determine whether and how your > >installation of CF5 is affected: > > > >(1) > ><!--- This should render �1.23 ---> > ><cfset oldLocale=SetLocale("English (UK)")> > ><cfoutput> > >#LSCurrencyFormat("1.23")# > ></cfoutput> > > > >(2) > ><!--- This should render $1.23 ---> > ><cfset oldLocale=SetLocale("English (US)")> > ><cfoutput> > >#LSCurrencyFormat("1.23")# > ></cfoutput> > > > >On various machines that I tried the above code on I > witnessed $ being > >rendered in both cases, OR � in both cases. I haven't > managed to get CF5 to > >render both a � for (1) and a $ for (2). > >I'd appreciate you guys trying this out and letting me know > >1) What you find > >2) What your various configurations are > >3) What your opinions are on what may be causing it > >4) Your favourite colour > > > >Cheers, > >Steve Martin > >Macromedia Certified Instructor > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
