Dan and Bruce have the good solutions. Just make this into a class txtPhoneNumber and then use it through all of your apps.

This is what I like about oop... Solve once, use everywhere.

>What is the best way of handling phone numbers in fields.
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>I initialy thought to have a char field and just place a number in it.
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>ex:
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>8005551212
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>then use an input mask and format (xxx) xxx-xxxx ext. xxxxxxxxx to display the number to the user.
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>OR
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>should I store the ()- in the field itself.
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>Thanks for any help.