Microsoft KB Archive/148360

= Negative Numbers Converted to Positive with Save To Database =

Article ID: 148360

Article Last Modified on 8/30/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q148360



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you use the Save To Database command to save a project to a Microsoft Access database, costs or amounts in the number fields that are negative in the project are converted to positive numbers in the database.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project for Windows 95 version 4.1a.



MORE INFORMATION
When you save a project to a Microsoft Access database using the Save to Database command, the following fields are converted to positive numbers:

Task Fields
Fixed Cost

Actual Cost

Baseline Cost

Remaining Cost

Cost

Cost1

Cost2

Cost3

Number1

Number2

Number3

Number4

Number5

Resource Fields
Actual Cost

Baseline Cost

Cost

Cost Per Use

Remaining Cost

NOTE: The Cost Variance, BCWS and BCWP fields do not display this behavior.

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