Posted by Wayne on 03/01/06 19:59

On 1 Mar 2006 08:24:40 -0800, rass.elma@googlemail.com wrote:

>Appearently the PHP interpreter converts the VCAHR value automatically
>in a float despite the fact that the value is defined as a VCAHR in
>MySql.

PHP does not automatically convert any values unless there is a need.
You must have something in your code forcing it to a float. Do a
var_dump() right when you retrieve it from MySQL.

You might want to post some code as to how you are getting the result
from MySQL.

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