Re: [PERFORM] NUMERIC x VARCHAR

[Er Galvão Abbott]

Thanks, Michael. You and "Evil Azrael" (lol) got me. Never thought about leading zeros. Varchar it is! Thanks a lot, -- Er Galvão Abbott Desenvolvedor Web http://www.galvao.eti.br/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Glaesemann wrote: On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Er Galvão Abbott wrote: It will. As I've said I wont be storing any symbols. It won't store leading zeros, however. This may or may not be an issue for you. test=# create table tel (name_id integer not null, tel_numeric numeric(15) not null, tel_varchar varchar(15) not null); CREATE TABLE test=# insert into tel (name_id, tel_numeric, tel_varchar) values (1,012345678911234, '012345678911234'); INSERT 17153 1 test=# select * from tel;  name_id |  tel_numeric   |   tel_varchar ---------+----------------+-----------------        1 | 12345678911234 | 012345678911234 (1 row) I would do as another poster suggested: create a telephone number domain as text with the check constraints you desire. Michael Glaesemann grzm myrealbox com