I don't think you can make an INT field take leading 0's Not sure if any numeric field will take leading 0's
Been down that road, I went with varchars for my phone fields. J On 1/3/06, Brian Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a CF application I'm working on and part of the application has > entry of phone numbers. I think this may be related more to the database > (SQL 2k) or maybe DB design. > > My phone fields are broken up into 3 parts, area code, prefix and phone > number. Each of those sections are a field in the DB, so 3 fields for a > phone number. The fields are integer type. > > My problem is that when someone has a phone number where the number or > prefix starts with a 0 or two 0's or whatnot, the 0's will get stripped out. > I suppose I could change it to text and that would accept the 0's, but is > there any other way to make a SQL field take numbers starting with 0? > > Thanks, > Brian > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228217 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
