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I am still new to the expression engine, and was curious if there was a mod or hack to adjust the normal list of Field Types (Textarea,Text Input, Drop Down List, Date, Relationship) can be modified to add the database structure of INT (Integer as opposed to date or text).

I am utilizing a weblog to list out my navigation/pages and I need a specific order for the pages and if new pages are created would like to reorder my pages accordingly.  I do not want to adjust the entry_id, or entry_date.  I have considered adding a date field type and adjusting values this way, however I have other uses of numbers that i would want stored as numbers and not text.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Trying to Avoid This Type of Page Numbering

1 - Page 1
10 - Page 10
11 - Page 11
12 - Page 12
13 - Page 13
14 - Page 14
2 - Page 2
3 - Page 3
4 - Page 4
5 - Page 5
6 - Page 6
7 - Page 7
8 - Page 8
9 - Page 9

I do realize there are solutions around this, however I would prefer to use a INT if possible.

You might search for Reeorder or Select and Order - but you can also go right into the database and change the table.  See this thread.

I wasn’t sure if modifing the database would affect any other operations, thanks!  I will also check out the mods.