This is related to a question I just asked on the MSDN forum about querying a custom field with a negative value.
We have defined a custom field in Bug, Product Backlog Item, and Feature templates, called "Acme Tester", and defined it as an Integer. We are able to store both positive and negative values in this custom field. However, in the TFS Web Portal, we are unable to query Acme Tester for a value such as -20768. That is the gist of my previous forum question.
A second issue is that if I query where Acme Tester < 0, then in the results, I get work item types FOR WHICH ACME TESTER IS NOT DEFINED! We have not defined this field in the Task template, yet Tasks are showing up in the results for this query. This is completely wrong. Any ideas?
J F Conklin