Set Data Type Of Field

Sep 11, 2006

I have a query to go through a table and pick up the amount of money earnt during a period then I use that field to calculate commission, but the commission field just shows up as numbers and not as currency as the set field in the table does.
Is there anyway in SQL to say what sort of data type a field should be...
Example of sql string

SELECT Sum([Work].[Earnings]) AS [Period Earnings], [Period Earnings]*(17.5/100) AS [Commisssion] FROM Policy

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