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I have built a SP-hosted app that uses REST API calls to get data from a list in the Host Web.

The request (from fiddler) is as simple as this:

GET https://apps-9e73cb0dc879a0.*domain*.com/sites/*hostWeb*/*appName*/_api/SP.AppContextSite(@target)/web/lists/getByTitle('tutor_tasks')/Items?$select=assignedToId,assignedFromId&$top=1&$filter=assignedTo%20eq%20%273%27&@target=%27https://*domain*.com/sites/*hostWeb*%27

When Host Web site regional settings are Locale are in English, the requests works as expected. But when I change the Local to Greek or some other languages AND it is an on-Premises SharePoint installation , I get Internal Error 500. Changing back to English and it's OK again.

It always works when the exact same app runs on O365 SharePoint no matter what Regional Settings I use.

The tutor_tasks list has nothing really special, two User fields and a text field. Any ideas?

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I figured this out. When switching to Greek Language, SharePoint also switches Sort Order to Greek automatically. Switching back to General Sort Order fixes this issue. I surelly cannot explain that, but tested it with outher Locales too, and for some reason it does the trick!

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    It has to do with the way LINQ to SharePoint works. There are other locale-related issues as well, such as reliance on localizable DisplayNames of the fields that will also break your REST calls. See sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/58107/… – Alexey Krasheninnikov Nov 2 '14 at 5:25
  • So an obvious solution for all these issues would be to stop using REST and go with the JSOM way? – JohnPan Nov 2 '14 at 21:25
  • Well, if your risk assessment tells you that solution stability and agility requirements outweigh the benefits of simplified data access, then you may decide so. Like I usually do :) – Alexey Krasheninnikov Nov 2 '14 at 21:52

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