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John_Edwards
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Just changed this -- 

TABLE FILE CLAIMS_DATA
BY PAY_NAME_UPCASE
WHERE BATCH_DT EQ '&RUNDATE_HYYMDS'
WHERE TOTAL DOLLARS_PAID GT 0
ON TABLE HOLD
END


. . . to this -- 

TABLE FILE CLAIMS_DATA
BY PAY_NAME_UPCASE
WHERE BATCH_DT EQ '&RUNDATE_HYYMDS'
WHERE TOTAL DOLLARS_PAID GT 0.00000001   -* Why I hate computers
ON TABLE HOLD
END



Sure can't blame WebFOCUS for this one, and I'd wager I can't even blame Microsoft. Adding and subtracting dollars and cents results in an amount smaller than one one-millionth of one cent, and WF dutifully reported it as not equal to 0.

Dollars to doughnuts this is an error in the chipset.



 
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j.gross
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Real accounting system designers eschew floating-point.
 
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