Just stick an alpha character in front of them when comparing or compare len AND value.
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:08 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Compare digits as strings not integers. <CFSET oldcompany = '033'> <CFSET newcompany = '0033'> How would one compare these as strings and get a NOT equal result rather then integers resulting in an equal result? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304361 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

