>Does it make more sense to use the currency type or the numeric (14,2) ? It is for North America. Does it mater ?
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>Thanks
>Eric.

Eric,
While either one will work, the currency format is more efficient to use in calculations. A numeric field is stored as a string in the table and must be converted from string to numeric to perform a calculation. If you save a numeric result it must be converted back to a string to store it in the table.

A currency field is stored in a binary format that allows calculations to be performed without the conversion step. One downside that I have found is the need to use the NTOM function to convert numeric variables when using SQL inserts or updates.