Yet another update on this issue:
Posted by Microsoft on 3/5/2013 at 11:50 AM
Hello Marc, We have now fixed this bug in the next major version of SQL Server. Thanks for reporting the issue. -- Umachandar, SQL Programmability Team
So, waiting for the "next major version" 🙂
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