title: Access to MySQL strange price field
body: <p>I am developing a new version of an application that was using an ms-access database because it was becoming too slow.
  So I decided to use MySQL as database. i'm happy with my choice.
  The problem is that i have a huge database filled with prices. This prices are shown correctly in the old application but in my database it's shown like this: <code>'26,.000000.00'</code>,<code>'71,9.00000.00'</code>,<code>'24,9.00000.00'</code>.
  The field is </p>
  
  <pre><code>'price' VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I do not know how to fix this. is this because of a data type or because the app was really terrible?</p>