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Is there any easy way to make a fancy looking form to take phone numbers. Something that looks like this: [ ] - [ ] - [ ] ext: [ ] Then when you submit it it''s combined into one string in the database. Optimally it would auto-switch from field-to-field after you fill each field. Has anyone seen anything like this in Rails? Thanks, Adam -- Posted via

I''ve seen phone numbers handled many different ways. Is there a recommended Rails way to store, format and display phone numbers? I''d appreciate comments from the community on this. 1. Is it better to store phone number as a 10-digit string? Then format it as desired when displaying it? 2. or, is it better to store with formatting, ie. "(222) 111-2222" ? 3. Is