PROBLEM: Text in numeric field

Hi =)
..I'm having a problem with some (not all) numeric fields in a form.
In the troubled ones I can type letters in them. When I exit the field it's displayed an error message and the field is cleared.
How can I make the field accept only numeric characters when typing?
I just don't understand what I changed to make this happen..
If someone has a clue, please tell me something.
Thank you =)

Usually as long as your TextField is a NumericField Type in the object field properties, only numeric characters can be entered...
if you can type in letters and the object type property is still NumericField, you probably should delete the object and recreate it...
Otherwise, if the object type property is not a NumericField, change it to NumericField...
If non of these options is your solution, try changing the validation pattern...
Hope this help!

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Problem with pattern numeric field

Hi All.
I tryed to format numeric field with patterns num{zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz9} or num{99999999999999999999}. But when I enter 20 numeric characters like 12345678901234567890 as a result I got 12345678901234567000. How fix that problem?
Thanks.

The result you're getting is correct, because you pattern only allows a period to separate the decimal places.
Try the following edit pattern:
num{zzzzzzzzzzz9,99}|num{zzzzzzzzzzz9.99}
and this display pattern:
num{zzz.zzz.zzz.zz9,99}

Connecting selection of radio button to a text or numeric field

Hi. I am using LiveCycle Designer 8.0 and I am trying to define object properties that will allow the selection of a radio button to populate in a numeric data field at the bottom of the page. I was able to write the script to have that happen with drop-down lists, but I can't figure out how to write the script for the radio button. I also don't know if the script is supposed to apply to the radio button itself or the numeric field where I want the result to show-up. Can you please help me with some sort of an example script? Thanks.

Hi Jen,
I would recommend that you amend your workspace in Designer. You can show/hide palettes from the Window menu.
Here are some pointers (which are optional):
This is the hierarchy palette and is very handy when working with forms. You can select objects quickly and drag objects around.
This is the Object palette, which makes it easy to drag objects onto the page.
The main space with tabs for Design View, Master Pages, XML Source (you should not need this) and Preview.
You can select objects in EITHER the page or the hierarchy view and then change properties in other palettes.
The Script Editor is very important when you start to add functionality to your form. It is visible on your screen shot, but it is limited to one line in height. So I would recommend that you drag this down so that you can see a few lines of script. The Show dropdown in the Editor allows you to look at the script in various events. In the example I posted, there is script in the click event.
Object palette (and Font & Paragraph palettes). These will allow you to make changes to various properties, depending on the object that is selected.
You will see from the screenshot that you can position and stack the palettes to suite your screen and workflow.
Now, in relation to your screenshot:
You have selected a single radio button in your group. You need to select the whole exclusion group, this is easy in the hierarchy palette.
In the Object > Binding palette you have ticked the Specify Item Values (good), but you need to edit the values to match the Display Items. For example for item "$85", the specified value should be "85".
For starters, I would recommend that you open a few of the palettes and then have a look at my example and the screenshots. Hopefully that will clear it up for you.
Niall

Problem with Action Builder and Numeric Field

Here's my scenario:
I have a form with a numeric field for the PO Amount and a text field for the Role. I tried to create an action builder to do the following:
Condition - When numeric field PO Amount is less than 250,000
Result - Set Value of Role to be Manager
When I enter an amount less than 250,000, nothing appears in the Role text field.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

Hi,
this is not so difficult.
You have to use the script editor (about windows)
Then you have to mark your numeric field.
Then you have to select "EXIT" and "JAVASCRIPT".
Then you have to copy the following script:
(I come from germany and I don't know which amount you mean because in german is this switched 1,000.00 $ is in german 1.000,00 $) This is the only thing which you adapt maybe.
if(this.rawValue <250)
TextField1.rawValue = null;
}else
TextField1.rawValue = "Manager";
Hope it will helps,
Mandy

Importing an SQL Server TEXT data type field in Oracle - problem with LONG

Hello,
I work in Oracle 9i and I created a view on a distant SQL Server database that contains a TEXT data type field. But I have a problem when I select that field in Oracle; I have the following error message: "ORA-00997: forbidden use of LONG data type".
Could anybody have a solution for me, to solve that problem?
Thanks a lot!

It is very difficult to suggest anything without seeing your code. I don't even know if what you are seeing is the actual value or an error code. Often, negative numbers are indicative of error codes.
For instance -1 could mean that you have an invalid reference or path, etc...
Can you post your code?

How do I add auto text based on value in numeric field?

Need help... I'm trying to add auto text to a text field based on a value in a numeric field. I want my text field (summary box) to say "Passed" if the value (score box) is equal to 10 and the field to say "Not Passed" if the value is equal to less than 10. My numeric field is being calculated by selecting drop-down lists.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ed Watson
Here's a link to the document I created...
https://files.acrobat.com/?trackingid=KGLIT#folder/c3106c32-2e69-4a5f-8ef2-94d25623dbfb

I think I figured it out. I used the following script:
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==1){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==2){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==3){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==4){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==5){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==6){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==7){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==8){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==9){TextField1.rawValue = "Did Not Pass"}
if(NumericField1.rawValue ==10){TextField1.rawValue = "Passed"}
There's probably a cleaner way to do the same thing but at least this works for now. Hope this helps someone else.

How to multiply a numeric field (with Quantity) with a Cell (text field with price) to get a total?

In Javascript I suggest multiplying the text field by 1 to change it to a numeric type then multiply this with the other numeric field. The code would look something like:
Total.rawValue = numericField.rawValue * (textField.rawValue*1)

Script for validating Text fields or numeric fields

I'm looking for a simple script that will check the entered data in a specific field.If i enter numbers in the name/last name field i should get a pop up message that entering numbers in this field are not allowed.
(And vice versa regarding numeric fields).
What is the script for that ?

Hi,
try this:
//var reg = /^\d+$/;    // checks whether input contains ONLY digits
var reg = /\d+/;    // checks whether input contains digits AND letters
var check = reg.exec(xfa.resolveNode("#subform[0].#field[0]").rawValue);
if (check == null)
    app.alert("Everything's fine!");
else
    app.alert("Entering digits is not allowed!");
You may want to replace
#subform[0] with the name of the subform the field to check is located in and
#field[0] with the name of the field to check for digits.
Also, you may want to select any of the regular expressions, which fits best your needs. See comment in the above code-fragement for further information.
Regards,
Steve

Problem in Numeric Field

I have set a numeric field with following things:
Object > field > patterns > display > $1234.21
It works well but when I set expand fit width, it expands but not show "$" and " .00". It just show like 12340000000000.
Or sometimes It shows black + sign right bottom corner though it shows correct format. Where have I made a mistake?
In addition, I have set float type data format.

Hi, sorry I misunderstood your question.
1. remove the edit pattern
2. Add this script in the enter:Event
this.rawValue = null;
3. Add this script in the exit:Event
if (this.rawValue === null)
this.rawValue = 0;

Problem getting the # of instances in Numeric Field

Hi there,
I've created a form on which a user can add / duplicate the subform. That subform is located in another subform.
SO the hierarchy is like:
Subform 1
     Subform 2
          Table with fields
     Delete button
Add button
Numeric Field
The numeric field has to display the number of instances of Subform 2.
I selected the field and added the code:
Subform2.instancaManager.count;
But that doesn't work at all. The field doesn't display anything.
The subform has a minimal count of 1. So in my logic it should display 1. But I ain't a scripter at all...so frankly I must think of it in a wrong way.
Can someone help me get this numeric field to calculate the subform2 instances? In dummy language please :-)

Hi,
Since the numeric field is outside Subform1, you have not provided a full enought reference from the numeric field to Subform2. See here for a description: http://assure.ly/kUP02y.
This should work in the calculate event of the numeric field:
this.rawValue = Subform1.Subform2.instanceManager.count;
If the subform did not have a minimum count, then you would use the underscore shortcut for instanceManager _:
this.rawValue = Subform1._Subform2.count;
Both options are JavaScript. I prefer using the _ shortcut everytime I am working with repeating instances.
Hope that helps,
Niall

Total for a Numeric field in ALV Grid display

Hi all,
I am not getting the Total for a Numeric field in ALV Grid output. What might be the problem.
Regards,
Balavardhan.K

Check this code for subtotals and totals..
REPORT ZYFI_REPT007
       NO STANDARD PAGE HEADING
       LINE-SIZE 300
       LINE-COUNT 50
       MESSAGE-ID ZYFI.
TABLES : COOI, " Commitments Management: Line Items
         LFA1,                         " Vendor master (general section)
         VBEP,
         RKPLN.
      TABLE TYPES AND INTERNAL TABLES                                *
DATA : BEGIN OF TYP_COOI ,
       OBJNR LIKE COOI-OBJNR,
       SAKTO LIKE COOI-SAKTO,
       MEGBTR LIKE COOI-MEGBTR,
       MEINH LIKE COOI-MEINH,
       WKGBTR LIKE COOI-WKGBTR,
       REFBN LIKE COOI-REFBN,
       RFPOS LIKE COOI-RFPOS,
       SGTXT LIKE COOI-SGTXT,
       BUDAT LIKE COOI-BUDAT,
       LIFNR LIKE COOI-LIFNR,
       END OF TYP_COOI.
DATA : BEGIN OF TYP_LFA1 ,
        LIFNR LIKE LFA1-LIFNR,
        NAME1 LIKE LFA1-NAME1,
       END OF TYP_LFA1.
DATA : BEGIN OF IT_OUTTAB OCCURS 0,
         OBJNR LIKE COOI-OBJNR,
         SAKTO LIKE COOI-SAKTO,
         MEGBTR LIKE COOI-MEGBTR,
         MEINH LIKE COOI-MEINH,
         WKGBTR LIKE COOI-WKGBTR,
         REFBN LIKE COOI-REFBN,
         RFPOS LIKE COOI-RFPOS,
         SGTXT LIKE COOI-SGTXT,
         BUDAT LIKE COOI-BUDAT,
         LIFNR LIKE COOI-LIFNR,
         NAME1 LIKE LFA1-NAME1,
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DATA : IT_COOI LIKE TYP_COOI OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
       IT_LFA1 LIKE TYP_LFA1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE.
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TYPE-POOLS SLIS.
DATA: IT_EVENTS            TYPE SLIS_T_EVENT,
      GS_EVENT             TYPE SLIS_ALV_EVENT,
      wa_fldcat            type slis_fieldcat_alv.
DATA: S_LAYOUT TYPE SLIS_LAYOUT_ALV,
      GT_PRINT TYPE SLIS_PRINT_ALV.
DATA: IT_FLDCAT       TYPE SLIS_T_FIELDCAT_ALV.
DATA: IT_SORT             TYPE SLIS_T_SORTINFO_ALV.
DATA: V_REPID LIKE SY-REPID.
                    SELECTION SCREEN                                 *
SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK B1 WITH FRAME TITLE TEXT-001.
SELECT-OPTIONS : S_KOKRS FOR COOI-KOKRS NO-EXTENSION NO INTERVALS,
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                 S_BUKRS FOR COOI-BUKRS NO-EXTENSION NO INTERVALS,
                                       " Company code
                 S_GJAHR FOR COOI-GJAHR NO-EXTENSION NO INTERVALS,
                                       " Fiscal Year
                 S_OBJNR FOR RKPLN-AUFNR MATCHCODE OBJECT ORDE,
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                 S_SAKTO FOR COOI-SAKTO MATCHCODE OBJECT KART,
                                                          " Cost Element
                 S_BUDAT FOR COOI-BUDAT, " Debit Date
                 S_LIFNR FOR COOI-LIFNR. " Vendor
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START-OF-SELECTION.
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       E N D   O F   S E L E C T I O N                               *
END-OF-SELECTION.
*-- Process the data and prepare the output data
PERFORM CALCULATE_FINAL_INFO.
*--Display Report output
PERFORM DISPLAY_REPORT.
      FORM CALCULATE_FINAL_INFO                                     *
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FORM CALCULATE_FINAL_INFO.
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SORT IT_LFA1 BY LIFNR.
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LOOP AT IT_COOI.
    L_OBJNR = IT_COOI-OBJNR+2(20).
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    IF L_OBJNR IN S_OBJNR.
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        IT_OUTTAB-NAME1 = IT_LFA1-NAME1.
      ENDIF.
      MOVE-CORRESPONDING IT_COOI TO IT_OUTTAB.
      CLEAR IT_OUTTAB-OBJNR.
      IT_OUTTAB-OBJNR = L_OBJNR.
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      CLEAR IT_OUTTAB.
      CLEAR IT_LFA1.
      CLEAR L_OBJNR.
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ENDLOOP.
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     Fetch the Data from the table COOI and LFA1
FORM GET_DATA.
SELECT OBJNR
        SAKTO
        MEGBTR
        MEINH
        WKGBTR
        REFBN
        RFPOS
        SGTXT
        BUDAT
        LIFNR
        FROM COOI
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        WHERE   BUDAT IN S_BUDAT
        AND LIFNR IN S_LIFNR
        AND KOKRS IN S_KOKRS
        AND BUKRS IN S_BUKRS
        AND GJAHR IN S_GJAHR
        AND SAKTO IN S_SAKTO.
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           FROM LFA1
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           FOR ALL ENTRIES IN IT_COOI
           WHERE LIFNR EQ IT_COOI-LIFNR.
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              I_CALLBACK_USER_COMMAND = 'USER_COMMAND'
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              IT_SORT                 = IT_SORT
              IT_EVENTS               = IT_EVENTS
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              T_OUTTAB                = IT_OUTTAB
         EXCEPTIONS
              PROGRAM_ERROR           = 1
              OTHERS                  = 2.
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    MESSAGE I999 WITH TEXT-013.
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      Build the Field catalog for the ALV Report
FORM BUILD_CATALOG.
DATA: V_INDEX LIKE SY-TABIX.
V_REPID = SY-REPID.
DATA: LS_SORT TYPE SLIS_SORTINFO_ALV.
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_FIELDCATALOG_MERGE'
       EXPORTING
            I_PROGRAM_NAME         = V_REPID
            I_INTERNAL_TABNAME     = 'IT_OUTTAB'
            I_INCLNAME             = V_REPID
       CHANGING
            CT_FIELDCAT            = IT_FLDCAT
       EXCEPTIONS
            INCONSISTENT_INTERFACE = 1
            PROGRAM_ERROR          = 2
            OTHERS                 = 3.
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
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READ TABLE IT_FLDCAT WITH KEY FIELDNAME = 'WKGBTR'
                         TABNAME = 'IT_OUTTAB' INTO WA_FLDCAT.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
    WA_FLDCAT-DO_SUM = 'X'.
    MODIFY IT_FLDCAT FROM WA_FLDCAT INDEX SY-TABIX.
ENDIF.
READ TABLE IT_FLDCAT WITH KEY FIELDNAME = 'OBJNR'
                            TABNAME = 'IT_OUTTAB' INTO WA_FLDCAT.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
     WA_FLDCAT-SELTEXT_L = 'Order'.
     WA_FLDCAT-COL_POS = 1.
     WA_FLDCAT-DDICTXT = 'L'.
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LS_SORT-FIELDNAME = 'OBJNR'.
LS_SORT-SPOS      = 1.
LS_SORT-UP        = 'X'.
LS_SORT-SUBTOT    = 'X'.
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     TOP OF PAGE
FORM TOP_OF_PAGE_REPORT.
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       EXPORTING
            DL_TITLE = SY-TITLE
            DL_REPID = SY-CPROG
            DL_LINSZ = SY-LINSZ
       EXCEPTIONS
            OTHERS   = 1.
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*&      Form USER_COMMAND
Drill Down Functionality to Call the Transaction ME23
FORM USER_COMMAND USING    P_UCOMM    LIKE SY-UCOMM
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DATA : L_INDEX LIKE SY-INDEX,
         L_REFBN LIKE COOI-REFBN.
L_INDEX = P_SELFIELD-TABINDEX.       " holds the selected table index
CLEAR L_REFBN.
CASE P_UCOMM.
*-- On Double Click
    WHEN '&IC1'.
      CLEAR L_REFBN.
*-- Read the Current Line
      READ TABLE IT_OUTTAB INDEX L_INDEX.
      IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
        L_REFBN = IT_OUTTAB-REFBN.
        IF NOT L_REFBN IS INITIAL.
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          SET PARAMETER ID 'BES' FIELD L_REFBN.
*-- Call the Transaction Purchase Order Display with the above PO Number
          CALL TRANSACTION 'ME23' AND SKIP FIRST SCREEN.
        ENDIF.
      ELSE.
        MESSAGE E999 WITH TEXT-014.
      ENDIF.
ENDCASE.
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Numeric fields not aligned correctly in report preview

Hi
I have the next problem:
On my report, I aligned the numeric fields to the right of a column, but when i run the preview on ASP, the numeric fields are aligned to the left.
But when I export the report to PDF, the numbers align correctly.
I figured out a workaround to this, introducing the numeric fields into text fields, since they do align correctly. The problem is that I have too many reports to apply this workaround to all of them.
Could it be a known issue of Crystal Reports XI?
Is there any other workaround?
Thanks in advance

Hi Poonam
Maybe I wasn't quite explicit before,
In preview mode my report displays correctly as well. The problem comes when I run it through an ASP, which is needed for my application.
I'm running the CR version 11.5.0.313. I was asking if it could be a known issue of XI version because when I had version 9 I didn't have this problem.
It could also be that through the time, I changed something in the way the report is displayed, and didn't realize about that before, but I haven't been lucky to notice any change related.
Thanks for your time,
Gil
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MS Excel automatically converts numeric fields to date format

I have at least 2 different spreadsheets where this happens. I maintain them for months, adding, changing, deleting data. They contain lots of data elements (numeric, text, date, etc). Some columns are all numeric, some all dates,
etc. Then suddenly when I open the spreadsheet, my numeric formatted data has been converted to date format. I see lots of # signs in cells, which is an indication that this happened, and selecting an affected cell shows a date, generally in the
early 1900s, depending on the original numeric value that was in the cell. I convert the fields back to numeric, but sometime later the same problem occurs -- numeric fields are now date formatted. I cannot identfy any specific change that I make
that would cause this. And I only recognize it as having occurred when I open the spreadsheet, not anytime during its maintenance. I am using MS Excel 2007 SP2 in a Windows XP SP3 environment. The machine is well maintained and updated /
kept current by our corporate IT group. I have done numerous Internet searches and cannot find anything like this in any other blog. Thanks for your help.

Hi,
Were some of the these data imported from a .csv file? As far as I know, data formats cannot be saved in .csv file. If this is the situation, try this:
Save a copy of your .csv file changing the extension of your file from .csv to .txt
open excel.
go to DATA --> Import external data --> Import data --> browse to find the .txt file you made earlier
The text import wizard should open.
Click on delimited, click next
click comma, click next
You should now see all columns appear with heading GENERAL --> highlight the columns with the values that are changing to date and click TEXT (top right) instead. The heading of these columns should now change to TEXT.
click finish
Excel will now treat the column as text when it imports the data and will not change them to dates
If this is not the situation, this issue might be caused by some add-ins.
Start Excel in safe mode: Press and hold the
CTRL key, and then click the Excel program to start. Then, click File > Open to open the Excel file.
If the problem does not occur in the safe mode, this issue might be related to some third-party add-ins in the Office program, we can try to disable them.
Best Regards,
Sally Tang

Cannot update table data based on values of numeric fields

I have a button on a form with two numeric fields: P11_numeric1 and P11_numeric2.
I want to be able to either run a stored procedure or execute the update logic. We're on apex 4.0.
I tried the follow syntax in a process run by a button:
begin
schema.procname(:P11_numeric1,:P11_numeric2);
end;
And nothing happened.
If I try to run the proc in toad with hard coded parameter values, the proc works.
I tried this:
begin
update schema.tablename
set value=:P11_numeric1
where id=:P11_numeric2;
commit;
end;
And this doesn't work.
I tried:
begin
update schema.tablename
set value=1
where id=2;
commit;
end;
And that worked, so I assume the issue is with getting the numeric field values. Am I using incorrect syntax?

I'm on apex 4.0.2 btw. I had two main problems: 1) the process that my procedure was in was in a sequence number lower than the MRU process sequence number. I didn't want to use the MRU so I changed it to being called by ajax calls only (which I don't have on the page, effectively not firing this process on page submit). Changing the sequence number of the process call to the procedure higher then allowed me to run the stored procedure.
The next problem was that the fields weren't being passed into the proc.
It looks like the type of the field made a bit of a difference to sending in the parameter for the procedure. The data is either integer or numeric and if the fields were set to a text field, and the proc was changed to accept varchar2 data and convert using to_number in the proc that the data was accepted and was fine. For the integer fields, I was able to (and wanted to) change the field type to display only as this is a read only screen with an button to save the data. For the numeric fields, for some reason the display field type did not allow the field value to be passed to the stored proc.
I'll take a look at the session values not getting set but has anyone heard of that happening to display only fields with numeric data specifically?

Null values in Numeric fields of Datasets

I am wondering if anyone has run into this problem before and
checking to see if anyone has an elegant solution.
I have a rather large data set. (actually 5 of them on a
single page) I am sorting certain columns in a table as numbers so
i assign the variable " ds1.setColumnType("somenumbercolumn",
"number")" In most cases Spry works great and it sorts by numbers
properly. The problem is some of the fields in the XML file are
null and I am trying to sort them as a number. Spry actually
adjusts for this (as far as i can tell) and treats them like a 0
which isn't exactly ideal considering there are real zero values in
the data. I know spry doesn't currently format numbers:
So here is my question. Does anyone one have a solution to
fixing null values in a table so that it is still sortable but
doesn't display a "0" and instead displays something like "--" or
whatever. I have the option of editing the XML file as well, but I
still need the table to sort by number.
If not null values, how about non numeric fields which can
still be sorted in a numeric column?

Hi,
We have an old post that raised a similar problem with yours.
The post can be found
here
For you situation, you should add an if condition for the
rows that have 0 and to add a custom string instead 0.
for (var i = 0; i < numRows; i++)
if(rows
[ "field_name"] == 0)
rows[ "field_name" ] = '--';
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Diana

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