Dirk Zimoch
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Setting EPICS_DB_CONVERT_DECIMAL_ONLY turns dbPut/dbGet string to integer conversions back the the old decimal only policy.
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### Allow hex and octal strings in dbPut and dbGet
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It is now possible to convert hex and octal strings to integer fields
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with `dbPut()`, `dbGet()` and related functions like the iocsh command
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`dbpf` or through database links.
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Possible incompatibility: Up to now, leading `0`s have been ignored,
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now they switch to octal mode.
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For backward compatibility, this behavior can be switched off, returning
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to the old decimal only conversions, by setting the environment variable
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`EPICS_DB_CONVERT_DECIMAL_ONLY` to anything except the empty string or
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strings starting with `n`, `N`, `f`, `F` or `0` before `iocInit`.
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