>>I Just discovered that it's not only this field but every Numeric if stretched to its limits. A N(5.2) will trigger the error when 111.11 is in the field. I still don't know why this is, so any help is stil appreciated.
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>I don't know if its a "bug" or a "feature" but the numeric field's width must be at least one digit more than the width of the largest numeric value to be stored.
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>HTH,
>Mike

Mike,

This is because one byte is reserved for the +/- sign. Numerics are stored as character strings of digits, the +/- sign and the decimal point are literally stored as part of the number.