>>Hi,
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>>I have an expression that compares if a value in a table/cursor field is equal to 0 (zero). The field is of type numeric with two decimals (e.g. 3.44, 0.00, 1.01)
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>>Which syntax is more reliable to use:
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>>cursor.field = 0 or <another expression>
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>>or
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>>cursor.field = 0.00 or <another expression>
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>>
>>TIA
>
>Both are correct if it comes to field.
>If you compare variable sometime 0 is not equal to 0 :-)
>because variable can be something like that: 0.000000000000001 and you will see it in debugger as 0 but it is not :-)
>So if you compare variable and zero better use:
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>ROUND(variable, 2) = 0
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In my case, I am comparing a field. So I will leave it as 0 (without decimals). But I will make a note to use the Round() when it comes to variables.
Thank you for your prompt help!
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