if there are no dollar signs, comma's, or other things that do not belong in 
numbers, then 

UPDATE august SET transaction_amount = cast(transaction_amount, real)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:sqlite-users-
>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jungle Boogie
>Sent: Monday, 22 September, 2014 15:03
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [sqlite] sqlite max arguments assistance
>
>Dear Igor,
>--------------------------------------------
>From: Igor Tandetnik <[email protected]>
>Sent:  Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:34:18 -0400
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [sqlite] sqlite max arguments assistance
>>
>>
>> Just as I thought. You are storing your values as text - not as numbers
>- and
>> comparing them accordingly, in alphabetical order.
>
>Sorry, I'm not certain I know the answer to this as I don't generate the
>data.
>Opening the csv file in Excel, I did have to change the
>transaction_amount
>column from "general" to "number". I think your assumptions are correct,
>though. I'll see if I can look at the values in the other database.
>
>I know the data is generated from a different database and a file is
>created,
>portalusemonthly.csv that's sent to a location where I can get it?
>
>Is there anything I can do post export from the other database to change
>the
>values correctly?
>
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