Hi Hans
The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle
as a number.
If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly.
/Chris
Hans Wichman wrote:
Hi list,
i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's,
which
im
Hi Chris,
thanks for your reply.
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to
1.79769313486232e+308?
Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max
out:).
Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice
interface requires
That may be true, but flash and any other program is still limited by
the IEEE floating point specs double precision limits. Flash cannot
internally represent 21 digits without resorting to scientific
notation. If you add a stray '1' to your 21 digit number as the least
significant digit you'll
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to
Don't believe everything you read in the help docs. ;)
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning Organizational Effectiveness
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oops... i forgot to mention (and the above would be confusing
without), 21 digits exceeds the maximum representable in 32 bits
afterwhich flash resorts to floating point. (flash doesnt support
int64 apparently, otherwise you'd have no problems)
On 11/6/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
, November 06, 2006 9:42 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
Hi Chris,
thanks for your reply.
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to
1.79769313486232e+308?
Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:42 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
Hi Chris,
thanks for your reply.
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to
1.79769313486232e+308?
Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have
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