Item codes with - vs search & find

[Anuviel]

Currently all of our items have codes such as:

MO-011

MO-300

IP-005

IP-255

TR-856

and so on. While making the data base I have noticed that when in find mode and when searching with certain criteria such as range and find MO-011 > I get strange or no results.

It makes me thing that it happens due to - being used in item number.

What are the potential drawbacks and or future problems, if any, using - in item codes.

What is recommended - use the codes plainly as MO011 or is there a particular way that it should be done. The field is also set not to allow duplicate values.

[mr_vodka]

See these two threads.

Word Count Thread 1

Word Count Thread 2