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Article #1437Re: Help with Data Formats - Please
From: Jim Rowley
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 00:00
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Alain Baillard wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to access an Interbase Table using SQL Links (2.5) from > vdbase > 5.6 ......no problems...but...there are numeric fields in an Interbase > > table stored in NUMBER (9,2). In vdbase this shows as LONG 4 with -2 > as > Decimals and values which for example in Interbase show as 4.52 show > as 4 > in vdbase.......I have this nasty feeling there is no way around, but > I > could be wrong (yet again). > > Hope someone can help....Thanks.....Alain I am having similar problems just trying to write a simple querry for a dBASE database (.dbf) My select statement says: SELECT ANNTY_EE + ANNTY_EARN TOT_ANNUITY FROM PAYROLL When I run this querry, however, Visual dBASE truncates to zero decimals in the resulting field TOT_ANNUITY even though the ANNTY_EE and ANNTY_EARN fields are numeric fields with 2 decimals..... How can we get proper querries now that QBE has been cut??????????
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