Try changing them to FLOAT, instead of decimals. That's what works for me.
Good luck Nat Trammell Allegheny Communications Connect www.acconnect.com <http://www.acconnect.com> 724-853-3745 -----Original Message----- From: Norm Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:31 AM To: MapInfo Post Subject: MI-L FW: Problems with coordinates I�m having difficulties with getting coordinates into MapInfo. I export them from a database program but when I open a MapInfo table, several decimal places are always dropped off. Then when I go into Table Maintenance and change the field properties from from characters to decimals, the longitude with the �-� (like �80.12345) goes to �9.9999999999. What is going on with this. I�ve tried opening the file first in Excel and converting the columns to number format but it continues to do it. Any ideas. This is really frustrating. Norm Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ End of Forwarded Message --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 6043
