Re: Storing Telephone Numbers

I store phone numbers as text. There are waaay too many phone number
formats to bother with, IMO. Also, I can then put in extensions, etc
in the same field. Steve

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:05:16 GMT, "Bob Marik"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Further to my previous post, this is more of a poll.  How many of you store
>phone numbers as a 7 or 10 digit number (string) and then format the number
>for display or how many store the formatted number?   I would guess if you
>have a lot of foreign (non North American) numbers that you would be more
>likely to store them formatted since the formatting varies by country.
>Lastly, is there a general agreed upon format and procedure for handling
>phone numbers or does everyone just do their own thing?
>Bob Marik
>