Numeric fields in SQL String Statement

Sorry to keep coming around with this issue, but I ran into a few snags.
   
  The following, which was suggested by responses from this list(thanks!), 
works in an SQLRPGLE program:  Data is written to a PF on the iSeries --
     
  c                   _eval      sqlstmt = %trim(sqlstmt) + 
c                             %trim(insert) + ' ' +      
c                             ' ' + %trim(filnam) +      
c                             ' ' + %trim(fields ) +     
c                             ' VALUES(' +               
c                             Q + Value1 + Q + ',' +     
c                             %EDITC(Value2: 'P') + ',' +
c                             Q + Value3 + Q + ',' +     
c                             Q + Value4 + Q + ',' +     
c                             %EDITC(Value5:'P') + ')'   
   
  It's writing the records correctly, with Value2 and Value5 as numerics.  The 
problem I'm running into is two fold:
   
  One - this string is being passed into a procedure, running in a software 
package.  I don't have any access to the code that's executing this( RJS 
Software's RPG2SQL).
  The package reports a syntax error:  (The below has many more fields that the 
above 5)
   
  Received SQL Execute: insert into 
TRANSACT.DBF(DISTRICT,ORDERNO,WOLINENO,MATERIAL,THICKNESS,QTY,ORDERSHAPE,SHPPARAM1,SHPPARAM2,SHPPARAM3,SHPPARAM4,SHPPARAM5,SHPPARAM6,SHPPARAM7,SHPPARAM8,SPECPROP,SPECPROP1,SPECPROP2,SPECPROP3,SHTLENGTH,SHTWIDTH,SHTCOST,SHEETTYPE,INTEGER1,INTEGER2,REAL1,REAL2,REAL3,REAL4,RESULT,ODPOSTOL,ODNEGTOL,IDPOSTOL,IDNEGTOL)
 VALUES( 99,'123                 ','01        ','ABC                      ', 
3.0, 2,'Rec            ',  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,'0',  .0,  .0, 
 .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,'0',  .0,  .0,  .0,  .0,  
.0) from 172.16.222.200(168)
Sending: 100 SQL
999 ERR-2147217900 [Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] Syntax error in INSERT INTO 
statement.

   
  Two - if you look at the above, the numeric fields are initialized as "0.0", 
but they're inserted as " .0".  I can probably fix that by changing the edit 
code, from 'P' to something else.
   
  What I'm wondering is this:
   
  I think that by using the %EDITC, the fields are being interpreted as 
Character Data, rather than numeric.  It works in DB2, which is somewhat 
forgiving, but, when going to the Microsoft world of a .DBF, maybe it's choking 
and reporting a syntax error????  When I look at the statement, it looks valid. 
 I'm going to do further testing tomorrow at work with the 'server' guy.
   
  I still think there was another way around this...I'm going to continue 
hunting around.
   
  Again, thanks for any suggestions...
   
  Matt