I have CF 4.5.1 and this statement simply isn't true. IsNumeric()
returns a true no matter how many 0's prepend a number, as long as the
number is a number. Maybe in earlier versions of CF it returned a
false, but if it did I am not aware of it.
In <D09A1A0FB7FDD211A92D00805FBBD8A1A578A3@CLTNTSXCHANGE>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in a fit of unbridled passion,
wrote:
> An integer is a range of "real numbers", usually with a limit around 999
> million or so (depends on the language, C defines a smallint as 1-37,000 for
> example.) I can't find any documentation stating ColdFusion's limits with
> integers. ColdFusion doesn't see a number with a leading 0 as a number, thus
> it can't be an integer...
>
> Anyone know what the maximum size for an integer in CF is?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Huh? Do you mean because of the leading zero? Most of the time computers
> can ignore that. What else makes it not an integer? If I write it as
> 1,234,567,890 is it an integer?
>
> Not wanting to fight, but curious..
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:21 AM
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> Subject: RE: Integer?
>
>
> How could a number "01234567890" be an integer? It's not even a real number!
>
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