You need to set the scale attribute in the cfqueryparam tag. http://cfquickdocs.com/cf9/?getDoc=cfqueryparam
-- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 1 March 2011 10:43, Pete Ruckelshaus <pruckelsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Primarily because it's easier and more accurate to sort on a single overall > value (inches). > > Of course, if it were up to me, we'd be using metric :) > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Roger Austin <raust...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> On 2/26/2011 10:08 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus wrote: >> > >> > OK, just not my night with decimal values. >> > >> > Trying to store distances (for throwing and jumping events), which are >> > measured in feet and inches. In order to maintain proper sort order, I >> > decided to convert feet and inches (with fractions of an inch as decimal >> > value) to inches with fractions of an inch as decimal values. >> > >> > Again, database is SQL Server 2008, and I'm using cfqueryparam. Data >> type >> > for the column in question is decimal(18, 4), and I'm using >> CF_SQL_DECIMAL >> > as the cfsqltype value. I can see in the debug output that the decimal >> > portion of the value is part of the value to be inserted, for instance, >> > 825.25, but looking at the database table, the stored value is 825.0000 >> >> Why not store two fields; one for feet and one for inches. That seems >> like the easiest way to do it other than just use one float for both. >> The decimal issue is probably more a database issue than a CF issue. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342631 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
