Even if it is actually a number it might be better to store it as character. It is otherwise not possible to merge with numeric versions sometimes used. Better to be consistent. Make this a requirement of codedata objects and coerce to character in all objects.
Even if it is actually a number it might be better to store it as character. It is otherwise not possible to merge with numeric versions sometimes used. Better to be consistent. Make this a requirement of codedata objects and coerce to character in all objects.