>>I am trying to create a DOUBLE field type and populating it with a number that is 20 digits long. It seems to loose it's precision after the 16th digit.
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>>What am I doing wrong?
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>Hi Frederick,
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>I believe the DOUBLE field type maxes digits out at 15 or 16 but gives you much larger ( ~300 ) exponent size. Check out "Data and Field Types" in Help.
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>Bill

Bill & Fred, I notice that the Help shows only 14 significant figures
"8.9884656743115 E307" which will give you a VERY LARGE number, but may not give you the precision you need.