Report download displays wrong format in excel

I have a text field that is a number, dash, then four numbers 1-2345..
in an interactive report, when I download to CSV or XLS this field is converted to a date field 1/1/2345..
If I then change format to text it divides the numbers and gives me the output..
the only workaround I can find is: save to csv.. rename extention to .txt... then when you open the txt the import wizard will run and you can change the column type to text before excel screws everything up...

tried both already.
same results opening the file..
and using ''''||FIELD as ALIAS then doesnt show the data just the '
fyi.. the field has both 1-2345 and 1-2345-B (the ones with the dash -B work correctly and they showed up when I added the ''''||FIELD)
Edited by: Merlin128 on Oct 19, 2009 4:22 PM

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