A client started experiencing a big problem with REAL numbers after the last 
update to 7.6 Windows.

Their database is full of values such as 50000.1 (which represent a customer 
and 
a location).  Previously, there was no problem.

Starting this morning, if they do SELECT CustNo FROM Customer, there's no 
problem, the number appears as 50000.1.  However if they do BROWSE CustNo FROM 
Customer, or use any form that shows CustNo, the value appears 
as 50000.099999999999.

This only occurs when there are five or more digits to the left of the decimal 
place.  I can reproduce it in RRBWY14 with the following code:

UPDATE Levels SET LevPerc = 50000.1 WHERE LIMIT = 1
BROWSE LevPerc FROM Levels

My question is, is there any setting that governs these formatting issues that 
I 
can change to get the customer back to "normal"?  I can't find anything 
pertaining to FLOATs except SET TOLERANCE, which doesn't do the trick.
--
Larry

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