Now you tell me!
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: [email protected] Date:11/12/2014 20:48 (GMT-07:00) To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Formtting Social Security Number with TRANSFORM() On 2014-11-12 16:40, Dan Covill wrote: > This is of some interest to me, because my SSN has two leading zeroes > and two trailing zeroes! > > If the SSN is stored as a numeric (should NEVER do that, but history > is what it is), you need BOTH > the L and R codes: > transform(NumericSSN, '@LR 999-99-9999') > > If it's stored as a string, then the simple @R will work. I learned here years ago that you should NEVER store numbers that will never be computed (like zip codes, for example) as numeric, but should instead treat them like strings. Great advice. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. Report [OT] Abuse: http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/[email protected] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
