7 NUMBER CÑl DESC C×l TRAN:DATE Cõl AMOUNT N ýl 00456 FEE ASSESSMENT FOR 1983 04/30/83 100.00 character fields. You " @ 11,10 SAY "would only make a field numeric if you intend to do arithmetic " @ 12,10 SAY "such as adding and subtracting on it. Dates, social security " @ 13,10 SAY "numbers, phone numbers, zip codes and employee ID numbers should" @ 14,10 SAY "all be character fields while YTD quantity delivered should be" @ 15,10 SAY "numeric. Dollar values should be numeric with a length of 10 and" @ 16,10 SAY "2 digits after