Question : sql2000 changing float field to repeating decimal

I have a field in a sql200 table defined as float.  When I use a DTS package to read the table and output a text file, it sometimes changes the decimal amount as follows:
14.30 will become 14.299999999
but
14.50 stays 14.50
How can I stop the change of data?i

Answer : sql2000 changing float field to repeating decimal

Can you not define the field as a decimal?

Gary