MS Access Database with number fields in a foreign language

Question

I have a MS Access 2007 database. I have run into an issue (and I\'m sure more will pop up) with some clients in Columbia and Ecuador where their numbering format is different

Answer 1

Ok, here is what I found:

First of all, I apologize for saying it was a 'type mismatch'. It wasn't. It was an error #2432: "The expression you entered contains invalid syntax, or you need to enclose your text data in quotes". I realize the error was happening on an EVAL() function, which must be done on a string. I was converting the number to a string first, which was treating the "," as a comma instead of a decimal for those with different regional settings for decimals and group separators. In my case the code was:

If Eval(CStr(cCtl.Value) & ">+" & strMinVal = True Then

So I used IAmBatman's suggestion and did a REPLACE() on the field. Since this is just during the field validation process, it's not changing the actual data, like this:

If Eval(CStr(Replace(cCtl.Value),",",".")) & ">+" & strMinVal = True Then

Remou, you were right all along. My humble apologies. :-)