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> Currently if CA sends a string to a binary database field we 
> check in record support for an explicit match with the name of 
> one of the states. If this fails shouldnt we also match for "0","1",
> ... matching a valid state so that it is easier to write (and
> use) ascii based tools?

Yes we should.  It's hard to think of anything this change would
actually break, and it patches a hole lots of people would otherwise
have to work middling hard to avoid.

Tim

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