Dynamic variable in 11g rpd - character 'd' got appended to default value

Hi All,
We have recently upgraded to 11.1.1.6 version from obiee10g.
We are facing an issue with default initializer in the dynamic variables in the RPD.
For one of the dynamic variables XYZ_YEAR default value is '2013.0d' in 11g. In 10g for the same dynamic variable XYZ_YEAR default value is '2013'.
As we are using this variable on the 11g dashboard the following error has been thrown -- A numeric value was expected (received "2013.0d")
After the upgrade we are unable to do online changes to the RPD. That is another issue.
So, coming back to the variable issue. I have taken a offline copy of the rpd and changed the default value of the variable to '2013.0'.
And ported the offline rpd via EM. Initially, it seemed to be resolved. But, after sometime the dashboard got errored out with the same error.
I went back to check the online rpd and saw the dynamic variable's default value as '2013.0d'
I have tried making changes in offline rpd twice and ported the rpd via EM but the issue still persists.
Thanks,
Obul
Edited by: obul on Nov 23, 2012 3:44 AM

An easiy solution to this issue is to change the SQL for the initialization block to look like this:
select cast(year as number (4,0)) from blah....
The ,0 in the number specifier truncates any decimal data, and OBIEE then sees it as an integer type instead of decimal. Sorry, I posted this answer in another thread, but there seem to be quite a few threads about this issue.
Hope it helps!
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