>I would prefer an error message 1988.
>RAND () is enough for me as a random function :-)
>
>This return two numbers!
>

>? $2291909071000729
>? $22919090710007290
>

>
>this works
>

>? $999999999999999
>

Fabio,

ln = CAST(22919090710007290 as N(20))
=MESSAGEBOX( TRANSFORM(ln,'@$ 999,999,999,999,999,999,999.99'))