[AccessD] Text to Number Conversion Problem

You could just do a replace...

myStr = replace(myStr,",","")

(That is a comma withing quotes to search for and a nothing withing quotes
to replace it with - if that makes sense).

I would say that numeric fields are best definded as text when the intention
is never to do calculations on them.  If you are going to do a calculation,
then define them as numeric.

Max


On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <
rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Dear List:
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> Legacy system.  The previous designed defined a numeric field as text.
> Don't know why. BUT...
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> When the field contains a comma it doesn't convert right when converted to
> numeric (for use on a report in this case).
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> IOW, the user enter 39000 and everything's OK.  The user enters 39,000 and
> the report says 39. Drops everything after the comma.
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> The right solution, of course, is to convert the back end to numeric.  And
> I
> may urge him to do this.  Have to convert the data as well making sure that
> 39,000 converts to 39000 and not 39.
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> Nevertheless, short of doing the 'right' thing, is there a way to get the
> text 39,000 to convert to the numeric 39000 instead of 39?
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> MTIA
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