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ISINTEGER function

This function is similar to the ISNUMERIC native function, but tests for a valid integer.  ISNUMERIC can return false positive results when testing for a valid integer.  For example this select returns a value of 1 (true):select isnumeric('3d8')For 6.x and 7.0, you can easily convert it to a procedure.

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2003-08-14

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