does VBS have mathematical limitations?

[MikeT]

To calculate percents, I use a variable that represents the number "33.33333". However, when I perform ANY mathematical operation to this number, the result is always blank; not zero, not negatives, not anything! Since its a percentage, I need to divide it by 100, but it doen't work. I even tried to simply add "1" to it, still nothing.
Whats the deal?

 

[link9]

I just took that number, assigned it to a variable, multiplied that by 100, wrote the output to screen, and received:

3333.333

Post the problematic code... then maybe we can figure out what's wrong..

Paul Prewett

 

[MikeT]

The number is retrived from an Access database.
It is retrieved as 33.33333. It prints ok when i response.write it:

temp = rs("damnumber&quot
response.write temp REM this works fine
response.write (temp/100)&&quot;<--&quot;

And guess what.....nothing. I put the arrow in to let me know where to look for it, but even the arrow doesn't print!!! Yes, i tried it without the arrow, too. This takes place at the beginning of the page, before the rest of the code becomes relavent.

I'm looking forward to going home tonight...

 

[link9]

33.33333
0.3333333<--


That's my output from substituting the number for the rs(&quot;damnnumber&quot

did you try to maybe cdbl(rs(&quot;damnumber&quot) ???

Who knows --

:-(

 

[jaredn]

in javascript I would use:

temp = new Number(rs(&quot;damnumber&quot.Value)
Response.write(temp/100)

maybe there is something similar in vbs jaredn@eae.net -

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