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Subject:Re: Locate Issue
Date:Tue, 1 Dec 2020 15:42:27 -0600
From:Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-programming
This is correct.  You should store this as alpha if you want this 
functionality or break it into two fields.
Changing to alpha would be the easiest I would think.


On 12/1/2020 2:53 PM, Peter wrote:
> I'll bet it is a rounding problem. Try viewing the number that Pdox is 
> searching.
> 
> I had a huge problem working with decimals, I ended having to create an 
> undefined field that awas formatted to 15 decimal places. I copy the 
> number to that field and then read it, then everything behaves as expected.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 12/1/2020 10:50 AM, Steve Levet wrote:
>> I have a table with numeric tracking for orders. The Ordernum field is 
>> N and
>> is the primary key. When orders are released which are not complete 
>> any backordered
>> items are copied to a new record and the Ordernum is incremented by 0.1.
>> As an example I have an Ordernum of 194314.0, 194314.1, 194314.2, 
>> 194314.3
>> and 194314.4. When I click locate and enter the .0, .1 or .2 number 
>> the record
>> is found. However, any number above .2, eg 194314.3 or 194314.4 cannot be
>> found unless I select advanced pattern match. Any idea on why and how 
>> this
>> can be corrected so that I can find the Ordernums above .2?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Steve
>>

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