Re: check writing

In article <30k92d$knm@search01.news.aol.com>, MikeT300 (miket300@aol.com) writes: >In article <30k3nk$7vf@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, >sacs250!randy@veritas.com writes: > >>I have a user who wants to write checks or at least vouchers from >>data that is stored in an Informix database. We need to have the >>ability to convert money amounts into their english words. For example, >>$10.95 converts to Ten and 95/100 Dollars. We have two schools of >>thought. One says to use one or two lookup tables to construct the >>string. The other says to write all of this in code to avoid the >>cost of the database accesses. I would appreciate any thoughts. >>Is this a canned routine somewhere? > >Randall - > >I have a C routine that does exactly this. You pass it the decimal value >and it returns the formatted English string. > >I also have the routine written totally in Informix-4GL, with no C. > >I would recommend invoking functions rather than storing strings >in a table, because of faster execution time. > >Let me know if you want either/both, and I will dig them up and mail them >to you. > >Regards, > >Mike Teachworth >CodeGen Software, Inc >(504) 456-0123 voice >(504) 456-1260 fax >mike@codegen.com > Mike, I have been trying to do this since Monday. I would appreciate any code that you're willing to share (4GL and C) Keith Howard Service Systems Enterprises (708) 297-2300x332