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copied!<p>I tried your query without the <code>select *</code>, and without the <code>FROM</code> and <code>ORDER BY</code> clauses. I added in an extra column into the <code>SELECT</code> to prove that strings return as left-justified in access's grid.</p> <pre><code>SELECT Int((3963*(Atn(-( Sin(LATITUDE/57.2958)*Sin([@lat]/57.2958)+Cos(LATITUDE/57.2958)* Cos([@lat]/57.2958)*Cos([@lng]/57.2958-LONGITUDE/57.2958))/Sqr(-(Sin(LATITUDE/57.2958)* Sin([@lat]/57.2958)+Cos(LATITUDE/57.2958)*Cos([@lat]/57.2958)* Cos([@lng]/57.2958-LONGITUDE/57.2958))*(Sin(LATITUDE/57.2958)* Sin([@lat]/57.2958)+Cos(LATITUDE/57.2958)*Cos([@lat]/57.2958)* Cos([@lng]/57.2958-LONGITUDE/57.2958))+1))+2*Atn(1)))*10)/10 AS Distance, 'test' as test </code></pre> <p>I was prompted for four parameters, but in the end, I got back a two-column table:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AKmCR.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Since the first column in right-justified, and the second (clearly a string) is left-justified, it appears that access is indeed returning it as a numeric for me. This was in Access 2010.</p> <p>--<strong>EDIT</strong>--</p> <p>I just created a new two-column table called <code>Locations</code>. It has a field <code>id</code> (autonumber) and a field <code>Field1</code> (text). I ran the original query provided by OP and it works fine (distance is returned as a number).</p> <p>This leads to wonder... Does the OP's <code>Locations</code> table have it's own Distance field, that is a string? Otherwise, the problem has got to be in the code calling the SQL statement, not in the statement or the jet engine itself.</p>

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