>Hi, Hilmar!
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>Perhaps I should even test float.
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>Don't do that - that's a backward compatible data type only.
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>BTW: I tried to define such an field during tests related to your question - the float field never saved at the end of MODI STRU (without any error messages).
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>IMO the best way is to deal with numeric data type and use a 2 step import using the replace command or related features!
Yes, I was suspecting I could do something similar. Wouldn't the REPLACE work with double, too?
Hilmar.
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