Microsoft KB Archive/115618

= PRB: Numeric Overflow (Data Was Lost) =

Article ID: 115618

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.0
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 2.5c for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q115618



SYMPTOMS
When you are replacing data in a numeric field with data that is greater than the field's width in the database, a "Numeric Overflow (data was lost)" error message appears. However, the data is still placed in the table, but it is in scientific notation format. In some cases, the data is replaced with the symbol "****".



Steps to Reproduce Problem
  In the Command window, type: CREATE test  For the name of the field to create, type Test, and then select the numeric field type and a width of 5. Choose OK.  In the Command window, type the following commands: x=123456 APPEND BLANK REPLACE Test WITH x The error "Numeric Overflow (data was lost)" is returned.  In the Command window, type BROWSE .

Note that the number appears in the database in scientific notation.

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxMac FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 2.60a num

Keywords: kberrmsg KB115618

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