[Gambas-user] TableView.text conversion

[Keith Clark]

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.
> 
> 
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