I have a database which is an access frontend with a MySQL backend.
In MySQL I have a table with a field set at 3 decimal places (10, 3), however does anyone know how I can display this field as 1 decimal place only in the fronend access, without altering the MySQL table formatting?
In the TextBox of your Access form you should set the Format property to a numeric format and the property Decimal Places to 1. You will find these properties in the Format tabs of the property editor.
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When I'm fetching data from my access database with pyodbc, it returns false format for float, date, or integers.
For example:
These values
Are returned like this
I've been searching for a long time now, I think it comes from the ODBC Driver used, but realy, I have no clue.
Another example would be a date like "21/01/2021" of type DATE in my MS Access DB, will be returned as a datetime in chinese or korean format YYYY-mm-dd H:m:s.
Floating-point columns (Numeric(Double) and Numeric(Single)) will display all decimal places in the Access UI if the field definitions in the table use the default formatting options
Format: (empty)
Decimal Places: Auto
Changing those settings to
Format: Fixed
Decimal Places: 2
will change the display format in the Access UI but the number itself will still be stored with its full precision. The ODBC driver does not pay attention to those formatting properties, so it returns the values with all available decimal places.
As for Date/Time values, the default format in the Access UI is to display just the date if the time component is exactly midnight. However the Date/Time value is stored with that time component (00:00:00) and again, the ODBC driver returns the complete value. See this answer for a more detailed explanation.
I have value as such:
0.0252947874381181000000
I need to copy this value from excel spreadsheet into Access local table. The field type is Double, decimal places are set to Auto. I am getting the following message: The value you entered isn't valid for this field. What is wrong here?
What is wrong is simply, that Double can't handle that many decimals.
Change the data type to Decimal.
I am exporting a report to Excel from Access through VBA. There is a column in the report that should be formatted as percentage and round. How can I format this?
Set the Format property of the textbox in the report to: Percent
You may have to divide the value by 100 first. If so, rename the textbox to anything else than the name of the field, and use this expression as ControlSource:
=[YourFieldName]/100
For a new formatted string value, use Format:
=Format([YourFieldName],"Percent")
You don't mention what kind of rounding you need, but functions for all general methods of rounding are listed here: Rounding values up, down, by 4/5, or to significant figures
I'm trying to store price figures in my Access database and am using a Currency field (instead of Decimal) for reasons, including the fact I'm using an old version of Access that are detailed in this thread: Syntax error in PARAMETER clause when passing through parameters as Decimal types using MS Access querydefs.
For consistency between systems I need to store the prices to 6 decimal places. However regardless of the settings I choose in Access, the values I type in are automatically rounded to 4 decimal places.
Here is the field in the table setup to 8 decimal places (I need 6 but was trying more in case):
Here is the just entered, as yet unrounded figure:
And after I press return, the value saves to the table, but rounded to four dps:
Is there any way to get MS Access to store currency datatypes to more than 4 decimal places? Am I doing something wrong?
Many thanks,
Jamie
For anyone that has the same problem as me, I've solved it by using currency parameter types in the querydef and decimal fields in the table:
Decimal data type:
Currency param:
This gets over issues with the decimal param type (detailed here:Syntax error in PARAMETER clause when passing through parameters as Decimal types using MS Access querydefs) and issues with the currency field rounding to 4 dps http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/archive/2009/04/27/the-problems-with-currency-fields.aspx
I need to display a number (real), ie 1234.567 like "1.234,56" or "1,234.56". I know that I have to use Format() but I can't figure it out. (It's for a textbox where the 'Control Source' property is set to some number field)
This should do it:
Format(number, "#,##0.00")
Where the actual separators used depend on the current locale setting.
Below method worked for me in ms access 2000-2003.
You should make changed in Table and in reports.
Table.
Go to the required field, Change data type to Nnmber, Field size to Decimal, Format to Standard.
Report.
Select the control where you want the thousand separator, select properties the format Select standard,, Decimal places 2.