[RESOLVED] forcing currency format

[KingSatan]

ok so i got my currency formatting working to where it doesnt store $'s and ,'s in the DB but dispays them in the output from the DB

BUT now.....

no its rounding them up and down.... it wasnt doin this at first.... it just suddenly changed.... it would truncate from 12.345 to 12.34 and stuff but now if you enter 12.34 it rounds to 12.00 and im witting here like ***???

heres the code for both columns

<asp:Label ID=dcmPriceRange runat="server" Text='<%# String.Format("{0:$#,###,###.00}",(Convert.ToDouble(DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.dcmPriceRange"))))%>'>
 
<asp:Label runat="server" ID="PriceRangeS" Text='<%# String.Format("{0:C2}",(Convert.ToDecimal(DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.dcmPriceRange")))) %>'>

[vbdotnetboy]

try not converting the values to double and decimal. String.Format takes a value of type Object so let String.Format do the conversion

[KingSatan]

it doesnt work at all if i dont convert it

[vbdotnetboy]

this doesn't work??? what exception does it throw?

String.Format("{0:$#,###,###.00}",DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.dcmPriceRange"))

[KingSatan]

no if i enter 123.45 it rounds to 123.00 still

[vbdotnetboy]

how are you storing the data in the database.... ie what's the data type?

[KingSatan]

decimal it never works as a string, ive been down that road for about 2 weeks

[vbdotnetboy]

ok so you're storing it as a decimal... whats the precision?

ie

MyVariabl Decimal(9,2)

[KingSatan]

srry the variable in my code is a douible its stored in the db as a decimal tho

[KingSatan]

i cant seem to set the precision even if its a decimal is this a function in the database?

[vbdotnetboy]

what db engine are you using? also have you tried changing the variable in your code to a decimal type?

[KingSatan]

ah thx man it was because we just igrated from sql server enterprise 2003 to 2005 and it changed alot of crap i changed it to decimal(18,2) now thx ! ^_^"