On 2005-08-09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can posted records as it will take up to much space. But all > three phone numbers are stored in 8 bytes with null bytes (ie. > 00) stored in the leading positions (ie. the left hand side) > > I do have some more examples; > > I have inserted the leading null bytes and seperated with spaces for > clarity. > > Ex #1) 333-3333 > Hex On disk: 00 00 00 80 6a 6e 49 41 > > Ex #2) 666-6666 > Hex On disk: 00 00 00 80 6a 6e 59 41
So there's only a 1-bit different between the on-disk representation of 333-3333 and 666-6666. That sounds pretty unlikely. Are you 100% sure you're looking at the correct bytes? -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list