Hi Bo,

What about doing it in two steps?

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* Create cursor with proper field types by replacing '-' with '0'
XMLTOCURSOR(STRTRAN(cXML, "-", "0"), "crsXml")
* Actual XML conversion into already created cursor
SELECT crsXml
ZAP
XMLTOCURSOR(cXML, "crsXml",8192)
?"number1:", VARTYPE(number1)	&& "N"
?"number2:", VARTYPE(number2)	&& "N"

>When I use the XMLTOCURSOR function and the XML contains a negative number, it creates a field type of character instead of number. What is the easiest way of getting around this?
>
>I know the element names and data types of the XML, but not necessarily the precision of the number types. I guess I could create an external schema but where do you find the schema specifications?
>
>
>

** Sample:
>
>LOCAL cXML
>** Create sample XML
>TEXT TO cXML NOSHOW
><data>
>	<record>
>		<number1> 100.00</number1>
>		<number2>-100.00</number2>
>	</record>
></data>
>ENDTEXT
>
>XMLTOCURSOR(cXML)
>?"number1:", VARTYPE(number1)	&& "N"
>?"number2:", VARTYPE(number2)	&& "C"
>

>
>Thanks,
>Bo Durban