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On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Joshua wrote:

I have a column with the following values (example below)

5673
4731
4462
5422
756
3060

  Are these numbers that will be used in calculations, or are they strings?

I want the column to display the numbers as follows:

56.73
47.31
44.62
54.22
7.56
30.60

  Numeric(4,2) will do this. Also, whatever the UI you are using in your
application can make the translation from display format to storage format.

I have been playing around with string functions but cannot seem to figure out a quick solution. Does anyone have any suggestions?

  If they are strings, why not enter and store them with the decimal point?

Rich

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