[pilot-db-list] leading 0

[Carson W. <car...@ya...>]

I disagree, an int is a decimal number and should
remain that. If you are entering a password, it should
be in a text field. Passwords are almost invariablly
an alphanumeric field, not a numeric one.

Carson

>A leading zero does serve a purpose actually - if one
>is keying in a
>password that includes a leading zero, then dropping
>it leaves one
>without the knowledge of whether it is needed or not.
>Rather than trying to make assumptions of what the
>user of a package
>needs, I recommend leaving what someone types into a
>field EXACTLY as
>they type it.  If a field has entry contraints, just
>don't let the
>wrong kind of data be entered into the field in the
>first place

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