>>Try
>>LOCAL i
>>before the code you run...
>
>It's already declared as a LOCAL variable before the loop. I just didn't include it in the example.
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>It's really being converted because, for example, at the end of the loop, it's suppose to contain the numeric value 248000 and it's set to '248000' (char value) instead...
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>Any other ideas?
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>I can easily correct the error by re-converting the char value to a numerical value before the end of the FOR loop but I really want to understand the meaning and cause of the error.
>
>Stephane.
Do you have a table open with a charracter field named "i" ?
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