>Doesn't Val() work?

No val stops at the ","
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>Alan
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>>Hi all,
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>>Does anyone know of a quick and easy (to be used in a select statement) way to convert a transformed amount back to its value.
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>>If I originally had the number 12345.67
>>this has become the string "12,345.67" or "12.345,67" depending on the separators.
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>>and now I need to do a numeric > or < so I need it as a number again.
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>>Any ideas?
>>PS I can't store it as both so that is not an option.