st: ss# imports as scientific notation

[Robin Newberry <wnewber@clemson.edu>]

For some reason when I was importing a comma delimited dataset into 
Stata it converted all of the SS# info into scientific notation. The 
#'s weren't in standard ss# format (999-99-9999) but unformatted 
(999999999), so the end result was 9.99e+08. Currently the filed is 
in %10.0g format - is there a way to convert these back to a non 
numeric field?
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Robin
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W. Robert Newberry, IV CIH, CHMM
Chief Environmental Health and Safety Officer
Clemson University

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