I believe it is because the value is null not zero. To solve this modify the table to have a default value of zero for that field.

>Why, in VFP 6, in newly added records, do numeric fields appear blank instead of showing zeros? I notice this 1) on a form, where the control sources for the objects are the numeric fields, and 2) when I browse the table.
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>It creates a problem in my form since I've marked the objects SelectOnEntry, but SelectOnEntry doesn't appear to work on the objects where the control source is a numeric field which has yet to have a value entered into it.