On 12/21/2011 4:21 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Dec 21, 2011, at 3:09 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > >> However, when I run some tests, the resulting number is a 10-digit >> numeric. Perhaps I'm mixing units here, but isn't that beyond 8-byte? >> I mean, I've dealt with packed decimals years ago in Assembler, but when >> he says "8-byte numeric", isn't he meaning a type of n(8) ? > > Bytes are binary, not decimal. The largest 8-byte number is hexadecimal > FFFFFFFF > >>>> print int(0xFFFFFFFF) > 4294967295 > > Count the number of digits in the output.
I thought it might be something like that. So how do I store this returned value (field type/width) from his function in my table? N(10)? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4ef2530a.8090...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
