Les, Thanks, but I found that that was not actually my problem. The problem showed up in sending data to a field in my database. I just forgot to surround the field with single quotes! Sometimes the simplest problem is hard to see!
Keith On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 19:57 +0000, Les Hardy wrote: > Keith Clark wrote: > > I have input a value into a TableView cell, and now I want to read it. > > The problem is that I want to read it as a text string. The 'number' is > > actually an ISBN code. It can sometimes be a string, as it can contain > > an 'X' or a 10 digit number, but starting with a 0. > > > > For example, 0123456789, 1234567891, and 012345678X are all valid values > > for the cell. > > > > So, when the cell value is say 0123456789 and I convert it with str$, I > > get 123456789, the zero is dropped. Is there an easy way around this or > > do I have to check the leading character each time for a '0'? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Keith > > > > > Hi Keith, Since Jan 2007 ISBN numbers have been 13 digits and should > consist of 5 parts with each section being separated by spaces or hyphens. > Because of this, your ISBN numbers will always be stored and displayed > as strings. > There is no conversion needed. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user