A Field is an element of the data set that is retrieved by an Entry. The data set that is retrieved can only be accessed through these Fields. Each Field has a data type. The possible data types for Fields are NUMBER and TEXT.
Not all numeric Fields and text Fields are the same in a database. Each text Field in a database has a maximum length and for each numeric Field in a database the maximum length and the number of decimal positions is administrated. This information is stored in the DID and can be viewed. ITP converts these Fields however to its own NUMBER and TEXT formats. ITP Language does not have means to retrieve information about the original format and does not treat the numeric Field formats differently.