Qing Xia wrote: > I simply cannot fathom why conversion was done and why it was > necessary.
Presumably not necessary, definitely undesirable as you describe it. But seeing that value 521636a makes me wonder if something is trying to interpret the value as a hexadecimal for some reason? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322440 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4