I don't have any problems with the "R" format, since I don't save the data formatted. Other than taking more spaces in the table, it makes it harder to manipulate the string and all programs that use the table must use the same formatting when saving and reading the data.

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>The "R" Format property. You know, the thing that applies a format mask to data as specified in the InputMask property. The Builders love it. I don't. Phone numbers, for example. If the data is stored as (999) 999-9999 and you use (999) 999-9999 as your InputMask and have R in the Format, you end up with a display that looks like "((99) 9) 99", or something to that effect.
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>Frankly, I like to store data as formatted so that I don't have to worry about formatting it from whatever front-end I get it from. So the "R" is worse than useless for me.
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>What do y'all think?