Re:

[Troy.C.Dills@xxxxxxxx]

>I think you missed the main point though, Troy.
>What happens if I move a 15,5 numeric field into an 8 char field?
>It will take the left 8 characters for the number and throw the rest
>away.  I suspect on a good day you are getting garbage in your 8 char
>field.  Consider the date 6/15/01.
>0000061501.00000
>Move this to an 8 char and you take the left 8 digits.
>'00000615'
>That is not what you wanted.

Thanks for all who helped I finally seen where I was going wrong, and I knew it
was something simple,  I just had to wait until the light switch was actually 
turned on.  :)

Thanks
Troy C. Dills
Troy.C.Dills@Blum.com
Julius Blum Inc.
704-827-1345 ext 269

spammers  not  welcome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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