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    Wrong Total

    I have a database that I import from a client, it contains amounts that I need a grand total for, the problem is that my totals dont match theirs, this databse contails over 1400 records, I've manually totaled the clients records and their totals are correct, I have placed a calc field on a form that totals the amount field in my database so we know if we proof to the clints figures and it just wont work, any help would be greatly appeciated
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    RE: Wrong Total

    Carl, tell us more about the data and your calc. field expression. How many significant digits are being imported? What expression are you using in your calculated field? If your total is 'close' I wonder if this could a rounding issue? Will know more when we hear further from you.

    One thing I'd check right away if I were you, is to make certain that the values actually stored in your database match the source values exactly.

    -- tom

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      #3
      RE: Wrong Total

      The file that I receive from our client is a Tab Delimited ascii file that they export from Excel, I import this file into a new table then append from that table to one that I have setup with a form so corrections can be made to control formatting of text ect... the Table that I append to has a character field with amounts in it that i need totaled and and shown on the form, I created a calc field called "Bal" in the form total(val(AMOUNT)), I've dont this for other clients many times and we always proofed, I am in the process of verifying the amounts in the table with the amounts that the client sends, I'll let you know how that turns out, thanks again for your help.

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        #4
        RE: Wrong Total

        Try changing the calc field expression to:

        tablesum("Yourtablename.dbf",".T.",val(Amount))

        -- tom

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          #5
          RE: Wrong Total

          That expression evaluated to the same figure that I was getting, I have noticed what I think is the problem though, I created a numeric field in the same table and had the amount character field update the numeric field, I noticed that if the amount field contains an amount in the thousands it cuts it off and update only the first number, example one field should have been 1,296.17 and when I run the update the numeric field shows only 1.00, the amount field is left justified, could this be the problem?

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            #6
            RE: Wrong Total

            Possibly, yes.

            You need to have enough 'room' in the destination table's structure to import the complete number, including all decimal places. Check and expand your structure for the field to which you are importing values from the external file.

            Check the format of the field on your form, too. It will not necessarily be the same width as your field occupies in the table, itself. There's even a possibilty the display width on the form will be different, too. So, check the properties of the display field on your form to verify that the appropriate number of spaces is available for your data.

            -- tom

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              #7
              RE: Wrong Total

              Carl, the comma in your source number may be messing you up.

              Compare the following two sequences from the Alpha Five Interactive Editor:


              ?val("1,234.50")
              = 1.000000

              ?val("1234.50")
              = 1234.500000


              -- tom

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                #8
                RE: Wrong Total

                Whats an easy way to remove it?

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                  #9
                  RE: Wrong Total

                  Carl,
                  You can use the stritran function to strip unwanted commas.

                  amount = stritran(amount,",","")

                  1,234.50 becomes 1234.50

                  Jerry

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                    #10
                    RE: Wrong Total

                    should this field be made right justified also?

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                      #11
                      RE: Wrong Total

                      I removed the , and right justified the field and its working, thanks for your help everyone

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