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Old November 21st, 2005, 06:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
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Default Percent format problem

I have a table field I want to set up as a percentage. When I enter 70 in
it I get 700.00%. When I enter .7 in it, I get 100.00%.

Am I misunderstanding how percentage fields work? I just want 70% in the
field...

Thanks;

Amy


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Old November 21st, 2005, 06:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
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Default Percent format problem

It looks like your field might be long integer or integer. If you want to
store a percentage, then you should use a double, single, currency, or
decimal field type.

I expect entering 70 would give you 7000.00% and not 700.00%. The number 1
is 100%. If you want 70%, enter its value as .7.

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"Amy Blankenship" wrote in message
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I have a table field I want to set up as a percentage. When I enter 70 in
it I get 700.00%. When I enter .7 in it, I get 100.00%.

Am I misunderstanding how percentage fields work? I just want 70% in the
field...

Thanks;

Amy



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Old November 21st, 2005, 07:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
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Default Percent format problem

Yes, I spotted that right after I posted. Changed it to a double and it
worked.

Thanks;

Amy
"Duane Hookom" wrote in message
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It looks like your field might be long integer or integer. If you want to
store a percentage, then you should use a double, single, currency, or
decimal field type.

I expect entering 70 would give you 7000.00% and not 700.00%. The number 1
is 100%. If you want 70%, enter its value as .7.

--
Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
--

"Amy Blankenship" wrote in message
...
I have a table field I want to set up as a percentage. When I enter 70 in
it I get 700.00%. When I enter .7 in it, I get 100.00%.

Am I misunderstanding how percentage fields work? I just want 70% in the
field...

Thanks;

Amy





 




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