Rick ---
Not really any other clean way....this is a problem, especially if you're not allowing NULLs on the server side. I guess you could always create postload and presave methods that replaced NULLs with zeros for data coming in and/or out.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
