possible reasons wstring is out of sync with _Bx?

hey guys, i'm running into an extremely weird problem.

i'm using VS2003.NET if that matters.

here are some relevant data structures being used, almost verbatim:

Code:

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struct A
{
  std::wstring Begin;
  std::wstring End;
};

std::wstring TrimSpace(const std::wstring& value);

void SomeMethod()
{
  // read from database into a Row using OLEDB
  A a;
  a.Begin = TrimSpace(row.Begin); // succeeds
  a.End = TrimSpace(row.End); // sometimes fails
}

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what i mean when i say it fails is that in the debugger, the value of a.End will show some messed up character (non-ascii) or ???. however, if i expand the value of the string in the debugger, the buffer (usually _Bx or _Buf) will show the correct value from row.End.

why is the wstring not getting the correct value stored? thanks.

As you say, it gets it stored, just not displayed by the debugger. That's a bug in the debugger's wstring visualization, nothing else.

yes, that is the problem. thanks. btw, there's a solution here for those interested:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326616