Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-31 Thread Kate Stanton
-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: 24 January 2011 04:23 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Hi Dan, Yes, I do realise we could change our system to use only I-type dicts, with F1 value 1 for some data, value 2 for another, etc, etc.  Pretty untidy

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-24 Thread Symeon Breen
Weeks ? – you must have millions of them ;) From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: 24 January 2011 04:23 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Hi Dan, Yes, I do realise we could change our system

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-23 Thread Kate Stanton
to UniVerse (?) as we do not have that issue in UniData. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: Friday, 21 January 2011 3:46 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Does anyone

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-23 Thread Kate Stanton
Hi Mecki, Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, we use conversions for almost all numbers, but not quantity, for reasons stated (instead, use match patterns: 0N, 0N.0N, -0N, -0N.0N). We have been doing this for about 30 years. In early days, we split out the integer and decimal portion of quantity

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-23 Thread Kate Stanton
Hi Ed, Thanks for your response. We cannot agree that this is a feature of Pick-based systems. I do hope you are not relying on decimals being truncated, as they are not in either BASIC programs or I-type dictionaries. For reasons given, we have allowed decimals in quantity in our Pick-based

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-23 Thread Kate Stanton
To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Hi Dan, Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, we use that space for the short description of the data. It would be very messy to try to use this additionally for: -  before cell, after cell processing flags -  minimum characters -  store data

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-21 Thread Mecki Foerthmann
AFAIK the result of an A-correlative has always been an integer. That's why I don't store numbers with decimal points. Ever heard of input conversions (i.e. MD2) ? That allows your users to enter decimal points but stores the data internally as integers. In your case 399 * 3 = 1197 which with an

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-21 Thread Ed Clark
These aren't bugs. They are features :) Going all the way back to the beginnings with pick and microdata/reality, math in the F and A processing codes has been integer only. This was on purpose, for speed I think. And it works fine if you follow the fundamental rule of not using decimal points

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-21 Thread Drew William Henderson
-Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Ed Clark Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 9:47 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 These aren't bugs. They are features :) Going all the way back to the beginnings

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-21 Thread Brian Leach
. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: 21 January 2011 04:46 To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Does anyone else have a problem with this? We have (for about 30 years

[U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-20 Thread Kate Stanton
Does anyone else have a problem with this? We have (for about 30 years) allowed users to use a decimal point when entering quantity. In the dim dark past (was it under Prime or Ultimate? don't remember) we discovered that correlatives ignored anything after a decimal point, so wrote horrible

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-20 Thread Dan McGrath
do not have that issue in UniData. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kate Stanton Sent: Friday, 21 January 2011 3:46 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11 Does anyone else have a problem