Change of digits into numeric

Dear all,

we have some query fetichists in our company which are asking how to link 
numeric fields with non-numeric ones. In general we convert the numeric 
one into digits and then do the link in the next query.

But if the user keys a different length e.g. 010422 instead of 010409 the 
link won't work and the result of the query will be wrong. Of course this 
could be solved using addtional queries but I'm looking for a smarter 
solution.

So any idea?

Nevertheless I wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the 
bpcs-l-midrange community. 

I appreciate very much your suggestions and comments to BPCS topics.

Hans-Georg Loef
Impress


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