Option Explicit Const adOpenKeyset = 1 Const adLockOptimistic = 3 Dim SQL Dim W, C, R Dim MysqlHost, MysqlPwd, MysqlUID, MysqlDB Dim ConnectStr, DriverStr Dim dNum MysqlHost = "" MysqlUID = "" MysqlPwd = "" MysqlDB = "" 'DriverStr = "MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver" DriverStr = "MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver" ConnectStr = "SERVER=" & MysqlHost & ";DRIVER=" & DriverStr & ";PWD=" & MysqlPwd & ";DATABASE=" & MysqlDB & ";UID=" & MysqlUID 'Open Connection Set C = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") C.Open ConnectStr 'Create test table C.Execute "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `xtest`;" C.Execute "CREATE TABLE `xtest` (" & _ " `ID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT," & _ " `D1` double NOT NULL," & _ " PRIMARY KEY (`ID`) USING BTREE" & _ ") ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;" 'NOTE: This double works OK 'dNum = CDbl(510000.257514293) 'Create a record with a 'problem' double dNum = CDbl(510000.257514292) Set R = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") R.Open "Select * from xtest where ID=-1", C, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic R.AddNew R.Fields("D1").Value = dNum R.Update R.Close 'Re-Find record using ID. and display contents of double R.Open "Select * from xtest where ID=1", C, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic If R.EOF = False Then WScript.echo "Record found using ID. D1=" & R.Fields("D1").Value Else WScript.echo "Record NOT found using ID." End If R.Close 'Now re-find using the double. The record will NOT be found. R.Open "Select * from xtest where D1 = " & dNum, C, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic If R.EOF = False Then WScript.echo "Record found using D1. D1=" & R.Fields("D1").Value Else WScript.echo "Record NOT found using D1=" & dNum End If R.Close C.Close