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27/11/2002 13:45:37
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
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00727690
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00727697
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>What are the pros and cons in using Currency instead of numeric type fields?
>The fields will be used to store money amounts with 2 digits (example: price 9999999999.99, total 99999999999.99 etc.) Precision of 2 digits is sufficient.
>Are there other benefits in choosing Currency fields besides the less space required for storing the data?
>Are there any global settings to instruct currency fields to displace and print 2 digits instead of 4 that is the default?
>
>Thanks

I personally never use Currency type. IMHO, numeric field with 2 decimals will never give you the rounding headaches that using Currency type may cause.
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

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