>I agree with all the good advice that has been offered
>on this subject. I would just add that it is good
>practice to only use a number field when the field is
>to be used in a calculation. Otherwise a field
>containing numbers should always be a text field.
>
Or if the field is to be used to sort numerically. Numbers used as
text sort in ASCII order, not number order (1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 20, 21,
etc.).
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