At 10:08 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:

Why do so many businesses have the phone number 214-748-3647?

[ Try googling it, for example ]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=214-748-3647&btnG=Search

The problem is caused by defining the phone number field as a long integer. The long integer type allows positive and negative numbers with a limit (on the positive side) of 2147483647 which is equivalent to (214) 748-3647 when formatted as a phone number. Ok, so I cheated and looked it up! Kerry Mitchell