>>The value actually stored in a field is 27 cents
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>>Tue question is if I multiply that value (27 cents) by 3 percent will the result be OK (.2781) or still 27 cents because there can only be two decimal places for a currency ?
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>Currency data type stores 4 decimal places.
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>Michelle

Is it true that calculations with Currency fields are faster than with numeric fields?

And another question:
Are four decimal places always enough? Some people use numeric fields with 6 decimal places in certain applications. But I don't know whether this makes sense.