RE: VB & ADO don't seem to handle numeric fields

Peter,

After checking our ADO code, we ended up defining all the fields as strings,
then using the VB functions of CDBL to change the string to a numeric field
for computations on the PC side. Be sure to Trim the field when you  put it
into the string field. For Example:

Dim strRateAmt as String
Dim dblRateAmt as Currency

strRateAmt = Trim(AS400rs.Fields("RTAMT"))
dblRateAmt = CDbl(strRateAmt)

HTH,
Cyndi B.
Boise, ID

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@MailAndNews.com]

I've got a VB program that's reading a file from an AS400 using ADO. Of the
following 3 lines

        RateCode = AS400rs.Fields("RTCODE")
        RateDesc = AS400rs.Fields("RTDESC")
        RateAmt = AS400rs.Fields("RTAMT")

the first two work and the third one fails with run-time error 5 "Invalid
procedure call or argument". The left side fields are defined as

    Dim RateAmt As Currency
    Dim RateCode As String
    Dim RateDesc As String

On the AS400, WRKDBF shows the fields defined as:

  Seq. Base PF    Field Name Field Description         Key Tp  Pos  Len Dec
   1.0 RATEP      RTCODE                                 1 A     1    10
   2.0            RTDESC                                   A    11    50
   3.0            RTAMT                                    P    61    11  2

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