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Re: st: Re: ss# imports as scientific notation


From   Robin Newberry <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Re: ss# imports as scientific notation
Date   Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:25:08 -0500

I would first try:

format ssn %9.0f

The problem may just be the display format. If you find that you've lost precision (in the last digit) and it is stored as a float, you could try the double option to insheet.
That worked. Thanks!
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Robin
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