An Excel NUMBER record contains an 8 byte floating point value. So that should be 
accomodated in a java double, i think. 

I havent checked what happens when you put a very large value into excel. 

   -------Original Message-------
   > From: Morten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   > Subject: Re: Distinguishing between double and int in NumberRecord
   > Sent: 28 Oct 2003 15:09:27
   >
   >  Avik Sengupta wrote:
   >  
   >  > POI only retrives what excel puts in.  And thats what excel puts in. :(
   >  
   >  Out of curiosity, what happens if I have an excel document with the
   >  value 9999....9999 (a number larger than what a double can contain)?
   >  Kaboom?
   >  
   >  Morten
   >  
   >  
   >  
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