>>Hi Fabio,
>>
>>In DBF is 1.2345677888E+300
>>The big value is saves as string...
>>
>>MartinJ
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>
>Hi Martin,
>
>As expected, N() is a phantom string, where VFP read VAL(field) and write TRANSFORM(exp).

N() has always been saved as a string, it is a "leftover" from dBase.