If only there was some reference other than the help you could go to for these kinds of things...
Tamar wrote: "These two commands determine display and calculation of numbers involving decimals. SET DECIMALS determines the minimum number of decimals used and displayed. SET FIXED determines whether the SET DECIMALS value is also the maximum number displayed." There's quite a bit more, in the SET DECIMALS topic in HackFox. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, but it's been that way for so long, I just roll with it. > > Fred > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 17:15 2015-02-25, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Additional info. SET DECIMALS affects TRANSFORM when you provide the >>> formatting parameter. If you just use TRANSFORM(0.042), you'll get >>> "0.042" >>> even if SET DECIMALS is 2 as long as SET FIXED is OFF. >>> >> >> That is perverse. If I specify how I want the return value to >> appear, my specification will be overridden. >> >> [snip] >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Gene Wirchenko >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4sfvM4jT3vsNb8rk2QY9JjmY+nX_=qox5z33tu4bzp...@mail.gmail.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.
