Re: NUMERIC x VARCHAR

<font face="Verdana">Thanks, Michael.<br /><br /> You and "Evil Azrael" (lol) got me. Never thought about leading
zeros.<br/><br /> Varchar it is!<br /><br /> Thanks a lot,</font><br /><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
 
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MichaelGlaesemann wrote:<br /><blockquote cite="midD909485D-EB69-11D8-831D-000A95C88220@myrealbox.com" type="cite"><br
/>On Aug 11, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Er Galvão Abbott wrote: <br /><br /><blockquote type="cite">It will. As I've said I wont
bestoring any symbols. <br /></blockquote><br /> It won't store leading zeros, however. This may or may not be an issue
foryou. <br /><br /><br /> test=# create table tel (name_id integer not null, tel_numeric numeric(15) not null,
tel_varcharvarchar(15) not null); <br /> CREATE TABLE <br /> test=# insert into tel (name_id, tel_numeric, tel_varchar)
values(1,012345678911234, '012345678911234'); <br /> INSERT 17153 1 <br /> test=# select * from tel; <br />  name_id | 
tel_numeric  |   tel_varchar <br /> ---------+----------------+----------------- <br />        1 | 12345678911234 |
012345678911234<br /> (1 row) <br /><br /> I would do as another poster suggested: create a telephone number domain as
textwith the check constraints you desire. <br /><br /> Michael Glaesemann <br /> grzm myrealbox com <br
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