Another multi value parameter question

I have spent the last six hours researching and testing this and I am getting nowhere. I am using CR 2008 and SQL Server 2005. I have a main report that has a six level cascading prompt. The values for all of the prompts are number values. The lowest level prompt is a multi value prompt. I need to pass the value(s) from this prompt to a subreport so I have created this formula field which I have seen in many of the posts:
WhilePrintingRecords;
Shared numberVar counter;
//increments the loop so that all parameter entries can be displayed
Shared stringVar display;
//creates a string "running total" so that all entries can be displayed
for counter := 1 to Count({?Hierarchy - DOUNum}) do
display := display + ToText({?Hierarchy - DOUNum}[counter],0,";");
display;
I display this on my main form and I run across my first problem. The first DOUNum is 19903 and the second is 19904. What I see in the report though is 19,90319,904. I need for it to be 19903,19904. Before i knew the formula was doing this I passed this formula to my subreport for record selection there. That subreport has the DOUNum field in it and that field is a numeric field, so when I try to put this in my record selection formula:
{spCSSReportNCounts1;1.DOUNum} in [{?Pm-@DOUNum}]
I get this error: A number range is required here.
How in the world can I get around these two problems?
TIA

Okay, I have the formatting issue resolved. Here is my new formula:
WhilePrintingRecords;
Shared numberVar counter;
//increments the loop so that all parameter entries can be displayed
Shared stringVar display;
//creates a string "running total" so that all entries can be displayed
for counter := 1 to Count({?Hierarchy - DOUNum}) do
display := display & "," & ToText({?Hierarchy - DOUNum}[counter],0,"");
Mid(display,2);
This gives me 19903,19904 to pass to the subreport in my subreport link parameter - ?Pm-@DOUNum
When I tried adding the = sign:
{spCSSReportNCounts1;1.DOUNum} = {?Pm-@DOUNum}
I get the error: A number is required here.
And when I try this:
{spCSSReportNCounts1;1.DOUNum} = [{?Pm-@DOUNum}]
I get the error: A number range is required here.
Which is the same error I get when i switch out the = for IN:
{spCSSReportNCounts1;1.DOUNum} In {?Pm-@DOUNum}

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