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Bug in PADL command?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01126320
Message ID:
01126322
Views:
23
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>Hi everybody,
>
>yAmount is a currency field.
>
>PADL(yAmount,9,'0') returns an empty string.
>PADL(CAST(yAmount as Numeric (9,2)),9,'0') returns the result correctly.
>
>Looks like a bug to me.
>
>Thanks in advance.

9 is not enough fo currency:
PADL(yAmount,19,'0')
*** Better
PADL(TRANSFORM(yAmount),9,'0')
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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