>>The source cursor was created via

>>select dist fundtype, ;
>>	cast(000000000000.00 as N(15,2) NULL) as priorpmt,;
>>	cast(0000000000 as I NULL) as thisyear, ;
>>	cast(0000000000.00 as N(13,2) NULL)as spent, ;
>>	cast(0000000000.00 as N(13,2) NULL) as currentbalance, ;
>>	cast(0000000000 as I NULL) as futureprogram, ;
>>	cast(0000000000.00 as N(13,2) NULL) as total ;
>>	from tipdatabase!fundtypes ;
>>	order by fundtype ;
>>	into cursor crsTemp readwrite

so the datatype for thisyear is integer although there are also number fields I will have to deal with in similar fashion. I think my second sample was taken directly from the site shown in your link.
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>If the ThisYear is Integer, why do you want to display it in the money format? May be you wanted another field, say, Spent ?

The entire table is money. Budgets are kept in whole dollars hence integer for efficiency. Expenses however carry the pennies hence a decimal value.