Wow- that's pretty wild. I've looked at it several different ways and the only suggestion I can think of is incorporating XML. I'm not sure if this is possible for you in your case, but when parsing an xml document it won't round at all. So you can put as many digits as you want. Just a thought-
To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Problem with large integer numbers From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:39:20 -0400 Doug, We need to store an integer. This is what we want to do. We have about 100,000 transactions containing volumes that may go as high as hundreds of millions. At the end of the day, we have to accept the total volume from the user which may reach as high as 17 digits and compare it with the volume calculated in the database. This kind of rounding error might cause the comparison to file. usting Int or uInt is worse. Here is the code and output <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="initApp()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Alert; [Bindable] private var jdx:Number; [Bindable] private var idx:int; [Bindable] private var kdx:uint; private function initApp():void { idx = 12345678901234567; jdx = 12345678901234567; kdx = 12345678901234567; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Form> <mx:FormItem label="Number:" > <mx:TextInput text="{jdx}" /> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="Int:" > <mx:TextInput text="{idx}" /> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="uint:" > <mx:TextInput text="{kdx}" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:Application> Output: Jay Jayaraman Central Billing Services Financial Management and Planning (404) 498-8453 (W) (404) 273-7131 (C) "Douglas Knudsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/11/2008 02:02 PM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Problem with large integer numbers Jay, meant to look at this earlier. I suspect its due to precision loss/gain and how Number is stored and when toString() does its thing. I think I recall a discussion over on flexcoders on this too. Not to skirt or excuse the issue, but do you need to store a float or int here? I'd be curious what your experiment yields with a int type. DK On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am surprised there is no response. We have a real need for a solution to this problem. Should this probably be sent to Adobe directly instead of putting it in front of the user group? Jay Jayaraman Central Billing Services Financial Management and Planning (404) 498-8453 (W) (404) 273-7131 (C) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/08/2008 04:18 PM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: [AFFUG Discuss] Problem with large integer numbers Even when I bind this large numbet to TextInput Control, it shows 123456789012345768 Here is the code <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="initApp()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Alert; [Bindable] private var jdx:Number = 12345678901234567; private function initApp():void { Alert.show(jdx.toString()); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:TextInput text="{jdx}" /> </mx:Application> Jay Jayaraman Central Billing Services Financial Management and Planning (404) 498-8453 (W) (404) 273-7131 (C) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/08/2008 04:13 PM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject [AFFUG Discuss] Problem with large integer numbers Has anybody seen this? When I stored a 17 digit number in Number type actionscript variable and tried to display it using Alert, I got a different number. Here is the program <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute" creationComplete="initApp()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Alert; private function initApp():void { var jdx:Number = 12345678901234567; Alert.show(jdx.toString()); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Application> Alert Box shows 12345678901234568 Jay Jayaraman Central Billing Services Financial Management and Planning (404) 498-8453 (W) (404) 273-7131 (C) ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by FusionLink ------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. 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