Thank you.

>In VFP9 you would use CAST function. In prior VFP version for numeric fields there is
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>00000000.00 a way to create a field with precision.
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>.f. for logical
>{} for dates
>{:} for times.
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>If you need an Integer field or a memo field the only way is to create a cursor with one empty record and join with this cursor
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>select * from myTable, myCursor
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>>I build a cursor. Within that cursor I want to add a field. The thing is that I will use that field to do computations.
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>>For example:
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>>select Amount1, amount2, ResultComputation
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>>Amount1 and Amount2 are fields in a table. I want to create ResultComputation
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>>How do I create a field without knowing the value it will hold?
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>>For example what if I want that field to hold N(8,2)?
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>>As long as we're at it how would I create other kinds of fields
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>>For example :
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>>I know that for a logical I can do this : Select .t. as LogicalField
>>I know that for strings I can do this : select space( 20) as StringField