> ...or a gotcha, if you discover that your existing numeric data are

wrong,

> because of Endianness differences. A number stored on an

architecture that

> practises Little Endian will be arse-over-turkey on a system that

practises

> Big Endian. I don't know whether Mac is Little E or Big E but I do know
> that I would want to find out before file-copying a database.
>
> ./hb

you meant 'e' as in exponential? 1e19? or 1E19?

OMG, sounds like a pit hole. thanks for the warning sign.

maurice