Numbers in SQL statements

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <38235836.D2F9A909 at src.uchicago.edu>,
Nick Collier  <nick at src.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>I've been testing if the value is a number whose string representation
>ends with "L" and then stripping the "L", but am pretty sure there must
>be a better way. If so, any suggestions as to what is?

if type(foo) = types.LongType :
  return ( str(foo)[:-1] )
else :
  return ( str(foo) )
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