I have a Char binary field.

When I browse I see something like " || -10.25 " The || seems to be a one space code of some kind.

That data comes from mainframe and the real value of that field is $10.25


So i tried x=val(substr(alltrim(field),2)) and I get 0.00

If I print ? substr(alltrim(field),2) it shows 10.25

It does not seem to act liker a Char field???