On 2/26/2011 10:08 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus wrote: > > OK, just not my night with decimal values. > > Trying to store distances (for throwing and jumping events), which are > measured in feet and inches. In order to maintain proper sort order, I > decided to convert feet and inches (with fractions of an inch as decimal > value) to inches with fractions of an inch as decimal values. > > Again, database is SQL Server 2008, and I'm using cfqueryparam. Data type > for the column in question is decimal(18, 4), and I'm using CF_SQL_DECIMAL > as the cfsqltype value. I can see in the debug output that the decimal > portion of the value is part of the value to be inserted, for instance, > 825.25, but looking at the database table, the stored value is 825.0000
Why not store two fields; one for feet and one for inches. That seems like the easiest way to do it other than just use one float for both. The decimal issue is probably more a database issue than a CF issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342617 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
