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>Response.Write(oReader("priorpmt").GetType)    ' Reports that is is indeed a Decimal
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>RetVal += "<td>" + oReader("priorpmt").value.ToString("$ #0,0.00") + "</td>"    ' Reports an error that says Value is not a member of decimal
>

I updated my reply. Please re-check it. I think we need to look at GetDecimal method here.