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Default Nobody can answer! Problem with commas and dots

Hi

I have done vast research but i seem to get no working answer to my problem.

I have a code that sends data from excel sheet to database. It works
perfectly but the problem is values with commas and dots.

I have values like 1400,50 (EUROPEAN CHARSET)

Database reads values only like 1400.50 (US CHARSET)

I send the data with this code:

query = "INSERT INTO company (salary) SELECT " & CDbl(ActiveSheet.Cells(8, 5))

This makes the query look like:

"INSERT INTO company (salary) SELECT 1400,50"

I have set european regional setting in my control panel, SQL tries to read
the value as two values: 1400 and 50 (1400,50) - resulting into an error.

Salary is defined as double in the database.

I cannot simply make a script that changes all commas into dots, as there
can be values like 150.400,60 - i can never know where the comma is.

I can't ask all users to change their regional settings to US while using
the script, there are many users in many countries.

I cannot make the script change the whole system setting to US while the
script is run, as it would be too dangerous.

How can i make the visual basic understand that the value to be sent to the
SQL is 1400.50 and not 1400,50 ?

HELP!!!