On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> wrote: > Another issue I have with SQLExpress is this: > > A SQLSE table has a price field with a numeric(10,2) type. > > When it comes to VFP through an SPT call it comes with the correct structure > (apparently) > But after transforming it with the cursortoxml function to produce a cXML > variable, the opposite function, xmltocursor fails in particularly that > field: the error message is that it is getting the incorrect data type > > If I browse the cursor, it shows 23,50 ( not 23.50 as should be) -----------------------------------
What are the language settings on that workstation? that may be why you see the comma instead of the decimal. > I solved it with the cast function in a select statement: > > select cast(price as N(10,2)) as price from mycursor into ...... > > However, the price is 23.50 but I only get 23.00. No matter what I do, the > cents are discarded. > ????? ----------- Where are you doing the cast? In VFP or back on the server? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Web and Windows Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
