Martin,

Why Numeric(18,2) and not Float?

tia,

Gerard

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:27:24 -0300, you wrote:

>I'm using Numeric(18,2) to Monetary fields. To set/get these values in
>code, what's the best alternative to avoid rounding problems?
>
>IB_Query.FieldByName('MonetaryField').AsCurrency or
>IB_Query.FieldByName('MonetaryField').AsExtended ?
>
>Thanks.
>
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