Phone numbers are not numbers. Zip codes are not numbers. Model numbers are not numbers. Characters are not numbers. Which part of this progression escapes you?
Seriously, if you can’t add, subtract, multiply, and divide them, then they aren‘t numbers and you shouldn’t use a numeric data type for them. This is CS 101 knowledge. How badly does MS run their engineering?
Seriously, if you can’t add, subtract, multiply, and divide them, then they aren‘t numbers and you shouldn’t use a numeric data type for them. This is CS 101 knowledge. How badly does MS run their engineering?