Displayin of int type variable contains dot instead of comma

I declared a database field as int4 for storing salary.When i enter the records say 23000 it is stored as 23.000
If i give the value as 23500 then also it is stored as 235.00 .Shouldnt there be a comma instead of a dot.

Hi amber,
INT4 is a 4-byte integer. Please use the F1 key to make sure this is for numbers with no decimals only. For salary, an amount field connected with a currency key is the right solution.
And please note that what you see is not what is stored. 23.000 is the typical external representation of 23000 with a dot as thousand separator.
Please take some time to study ABAP basics.
Regards,
Clemens

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but this doesn't work
How am I going to remove one of 450 movie clips and add a new totally different movie clip without the code knowing exactly what the last movie clip was? I suppose if could remove a child from the stage based on a string name then I could hold that name in a variable for later disposal.Can I do this?
Thanks for any help you can give me. I am new to actionscript.

Hey I think I may have a solution:
//begin code
var myMC:MovieClip = new ball();
var starMC:MovieClip = new star();
var youpresseeditMC:MovieClip = new youpresseedit();
starMC.name = "star";
myMC.name = "ball";
youpresseeditMC.name = "youpresseedit"
addChild(myMC);
box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, replaceball);
press_BTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, replaceballwithtext);
function replaceball(event:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(myMC.name)
    removeChild(myMC);
    myMC = starMC;
    addChild(myMC);
    trace(myMC.name)
function replaceballwithtext(event:MouseEvent):void {
    trace(myMC.name)
    removeChild(myMC);
    myMC = youpresseeditMC;
    addChild(myMC);
    trace(myMC.name)
///end code
This works. I see the ball object replaced by the star and I am able to do this by manipulating just myMC. Is there anything I should be concerned with in this approach?
Thanks for your help

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