Depends on the application. If you're entering it into your own application, patch your account number validation routine such that allows you to do whatever abbreviations you want: "A" could equal "123456763245435425324324" and that would be easy enough to do and would save you boatloads of time in testing.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [U2] 20 Digit Number General Question. A client has just taken on a new major customer and we have to keep track of their product codes. These codes are 20 numbers long with no real prefixing, suffixing or patterns. Is there any way to abbreviate numbers. I know this is a weird question but I know that I may be entering these codes manually during the testing and/or installation phase of this project and 20 numbers is a lot of typing. I've run out of ideas that simplify as most tend to complicate matters. The users will eventually be using bar code, scanning off of printed documents. As I develop, I will not have that benefit. I can calculator-enter numbers pretty effeciently given my accounting background. But 20 digits is a lot. I'm open to any ideas even if to know there are none. Thanks in advance. Mark Johnson ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - Release Date: 11/18/2005 ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
