This entry, which describes an external link, was imported from my old website which is now defunct. I’ve therefore given it an artificial post date of 1 August 2002.
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 833618 gives details of the hotfix released on 12th January 2004. This hotfix corrects the bug in the RAND() and RANDBETWEEN() functions as well as some other problems. It is available at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833618.