Re: Database Rounding Error

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From: Harold Howe [TeamB]
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:00

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> I've been using currency fields in an estimating prog and using calculated
> fields to work out total costs, but they don't seem to round correctly
> (about 1 or 2 pence out ). This is providing abit of a problem and I was
> wondering if anyone had an info on the subject.

I recommend that you switch from TCurrencyField to TBCDField. To do so,
set the EnableBCD property of your alias to true. Then, recreate all of
your persistent fields, if you have any.

Harold Howe [TeamB]
http://www.bcbdev.com

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