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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by tomp on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:43AM (#24696694)
So what's the big deal? Just read back the numbers, if it's less than 10 digits prepend zeros. Am I missing something (probably, which means you're leaving something out in the description of the issue)
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by jugg1es on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:09AM (#24697778)
The 10 digits was just an example. There like 100 different ID types with different formats/lengths in healthcare.
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