dumb data type question

[Mark Kubicki]

i have a field [SortOrder] which is
data type - number
field size - decimal
format - standard
precision - 8
decimal places - 2

however, whn in datasheet view, if if enter a numer (let's say; 150.10,
Access immediately changes it to 150.00

Sorry to say, i give up, could someone tell me what i am doing wrong?
-mark

(when i first created this atble, the field [SortOrder] had an incorrect
data type of text; which was subsequently changed to number after a small
amount of data had already been entered...)

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Mark

A side curiosity ... if the field is actually only to be used for sorting,
why do you need any decimal places at all?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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[Jerry Whittle]

Strange. Try changing it to a Single or Double.

 

[Mark Kubicki]

i've got a table of records that needs to get sorted in a non-rational way,
so i created this table with all of the possible values that could be used
in the main table, which is linked to the main table, i then sort on the
[SortOrder] field which contains numbers relating to the order i need the
records sorted in. the decimal place allows me to insert new items at a
later date...

Mark

A side curiosity ... if the field is actually only to be used for sorting,
why do you need any decimal places at all?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Access MVP

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in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein
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possible/necessary.

i have a field [SortOrder] which is
data type - number
field size - decimal
format - standard
precision - 8
decimal places - 2

however, whn in datasheet view, if if enter a numer (let's say; 150.10,
Access immediately changes it to 150.00

Sorry to say, i give up, could someone tell me what i am doing wrong?
-mark

(when i first created this atble, the field [SortOrder] had an incorrect
data type of text; which was subsequently changed to number after a small
amount of data had already been entered...)

 

[John W. Vinson]

i have a field [SortOrder] which is
data type - number
field size - decimal
format - standard
precision - 8
decimal places - 2

however, whn in datasheet view, if if enter a numer (let's say; 150.10,
Access immediately changes it to 150.00

Sorry to say, i give up, could someone tell me what i am doing wrong?

You need to set the Scale to 2. The misleadingly-named Decimal Places property
only controls the display, not the storage. Precision 8, Scale 2 will allow
entries up to 999999.99; you will want Precision 10 if you want to get up into
the ten millions.

 

[Dennis]

John,

Thanks - that little piece of information does explain some things I have
experienced.

Dennis