# Is it a number?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-a-number/296868>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-a-number/296868 "2009-09-22T02:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![newtome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@newtome](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newtome)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-a-number/296868/1 "2009-09-22T02:18:06Z")

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My flash app uses an Access database via CF8 and CFC’s. In the customer table, the key is auto-generated as a long integer. I read that table in and store the keys in an array and the customer name goes to a screen grid. When the customer name is modified, I retrieve the key from the array use it to update the table using a cfc in which there are 2 arguments:

p1 (numeric) is the key  
p2 (string) is the customer name

The problem is that the CFC rejects p1 saying it’s not numeric (if I give it a number ie p1 = 19 then it’s fine). It traces as 2 numeric digits (ie 19) but if I try to be explicit (ie p1 = Number(array[arrayelement])), the result is NaN. After much experimenting, the only way I can get it to work is to take it from the array onto the stage (\_root.temp.text = array[arrayelement]) and then p1 = \_root.temp.text. But why do I have to do this fiddle?