Question : Negative Values in a Numeric Field

Hi Guys,

This is probably an easy question and hopefully someone will quickly point out where I'm going wrong.

I'm importing some data from a CSV file into a table in Visual FoxPro 9.

One of the fields I am importing has a negative value "-123.00". I want to remove the minus sign from the start on the number. I can't figure out the best way to do it.

Also it would be handy to know how to do the opposite. Make a posative number "123.00" a negative number "-123.00".

I'm sure this is probably basic stuff, I just can't get my head round it.

Thanks in advance

David

Answer : Negative Values in a Numeric Field

After you import, you can give

UPDATE YourTable SET YourField=-YourField WHERE YourField<0