Excel import number formatting

Hello,
I'm trying to use sqldev 1.5.4 to import data from an excel spreadsheet, and running into a number formatting issue that I hope someone can help me with. One of the columns in the spreadsheet contains zip codes that I'm trying to import to a varchar2 column in my table, but when sqldev imports them it's trying to format them with a comma in the thousands place. So the zip code "94606" becomes "94,606" in the database. Is there some way to disable this? There doesn't seem to be any option for it in the import wizard.
Thanks!
Sean

Thanks for the suggestion. The format of the zip code column is set to Special (Zip Code) and I have another column, Phone Number, which is doing the same thing despite being formatted as Special (Phone Number), so I don't think it's using that.

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