Converting From A Vector Containing Big Decimal To A Float

I'm having extreme difficulty in working with a Vector storing a column with a BigDecimal value, and converting that single value into a float. I'm not sure why the code was written this way, but basically, I'm working with something called a vector that has a single Big Decimal value/column (not sure what the correct terminology is), and I want to store that value in a float variable called "dp". However, I don't know how to convert from the Big Decimal to a float.

Code is below:

String s = "";
sql = "SELECT DiscountPercentRate FROM Attendees WHERE AttendeeId=" + attendeeId;
  Vector v2 = sqldb.getResults(sql); /*I know that sqldb.getResults(sql) returns a vector with a single BigDecimal column of 15.0, in the test example I'm using*/
if (!v2.isEmpty()) {
Vector data2 = (Vector)v2.elementAt(0);
if (!data2.isEmpty())

[Code] .....

In case you're wondering what the sqldb.getResults() method looks, like, here's a snippet of it - There's an else statement that triggers in my case, adding a BigDecimal column to a vector, and returns that vector.

Vector v = new Vector();
...
else {
BigDecimal bd = rs.getBigDecimal(i);
vCols.add(bd);
}
v.add(vCols);
...
return v;

How can I take the single result of my SQL query in that Vector/Big Decimal thing, and turn that result into a float value?