diff --git a/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/BasicSQLUtils.java b/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/BasicSQLUtils.java
index 32a9441e4..3fe29968f 100644
--- a/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/BasicSQLUtils.java
+++ b/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/BasicSQLUtils.java
@@ -1792,12 +1792,20 @@ public static void setData(final PreparedStatement pStmt, final int type, final
                 
             case java.sql.Types.REAL:
             case java.sql.Types.DOUBLE:
+            case java.sql.Types.NUMERIC:
+            case java.sql.Types.DECIMAL:
                 if (isStr)
                 {
                     pStmt.setString(colInx, (String)data);
                 } else
                 {
-                    pStmt.setDouble(colInx, (Double)data);
+                    if (data instanceof Number)
+                    {
+                        pStmt.setDouble(colInx, ((Number)data).doubleValue());
+                    } else
+                    {
+                        pStmt.setDouble(colInx, Double.parseDouble(data.toString()));
+                    }
                 }
                 break;
                 
diff --git a/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/GenericDBConversion.java b/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/GenericDBConversion.java
index 33296d594..71c3750d2 100644
--- a/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/GenericDBConversion.java
+++ b/src/edu/ku/brc/specify/conversion/GenericDBConversion.java
@@ -6369,6 +6369,20 @@ public boolean convertDeterminationRecords()
                     {
                         pStmt.setInt(fldInx, getCollectionMemberId());
 
+                    } else if (newFieldName.matches("Integer[1-5]") ||
+                               newFieldName.matches("Number[1-5]")  ||
+                               newFieldName.matches("Text[3-8]")    ||
+                               newFieldName.matches("YesNo[3-5]"))
+                    {
+                        FieldMetaData fldMetaData = newFieldMetaData.get(i);
+                        if (fldMetaData != null)
+                        {
+                            pStmt.setNull(fldInx, fldMetaData.getSqlType());
+                        } else
+                        {
+                            pStmt.setObject(fldInx, null);
+                        }
+
                     } else
                     {
                         Integer index = null;
@@ -10248,6 +10262,38 @@ protected GeologicTimePeriodTreeDefItem addGtpDefItem(Integer rankCode,
         return item;
     }
 
+    private BigDecimal toBigDecimal(final Object value)
+    {
+        if (value == null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof BigDecimal)
+        {
+            return (BigDecimal)value;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof Number)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return new BigDecimal(value.toString());
+            } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+            {
+                log.error("Unable to convert numeric value [" + value + "] to BigDecimal", ex);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            return new BigDecimal(value.toString());
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+        {
+            log.error("Unable to convert value [" + value + "] to BigDecimal", ex);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param tblWriter
      * @param treeDef
@@ -10315,10 +10361,10 @@ public void convertGTP(final TableWriter tblWriter, final GeologicTimePeriodTree
                 Date      creTDate = rs.getDate(7);
                 Timestamp modT     = (modTDate != null) ? new Timestamp(modTDate.getTime()) : null;
                 Timestamp creT     = (creTDate != null) ? new Timestamp(creTDate.getTime()) : null;
-                BigDecimal     upper    = new BigDecimal((Double)rs.getObject(8));
-                BigDecimal     uError   = new BigDecimal((Double)rs.getObject(9));
-                BigDecimal     lower    = new BigDecimal((Double)rs.getObject(10));
-                BigDecimal     lError   = new BigDecimal((Double)rs.getObject(11));
+                BigDecimal     upper    = toBigDecimal(rs.getObject(8));
+                BigDecimal     uError   = toBigDecimal(rs.getObject(9));
+                BigDecimal     lower    = toBigDecimal(rs.getObject(10));
+                BigDecimal     lError   = toBigDecimal(rs.getObject(11));
                 
                 if (isEmpty(name))
                 {