FME stores all attributes as character strings

FME Workbench > FME Architecture (Reference) > Attributes
"Feature attributes are usually a primitive type: integers, floats, characters. Internally, FME stores all attributes as character strings and automatically converts between a string representation and a numeric representation as needed."

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2015-05-07: Unfortunately the page has been retired. The URL is invalid now.
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But, we can change the type through Python script if necessary and convertible.
Community > How to coerce attribute type for JSONTemplater?
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2013-09-30
Continue to FME stores all attributes as character strings: Part 2
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