--- old	Thu Oct 19 20:39:03 2000
+++ formatting.c	Fri Oct 20 19:12:52 2000
@@ -4006,6 +4006,9 @@
 			   *p;
 	Numeric		x = NULL;
 
+	if (!value)
+		return textin("");
+
 	NUM_TOCHAR_prepare;
 
 	/* ----------
@@ -4089,7 +4092,7 @@
 				plen = 0,
 				sign = 0;
 	char	   *numstr,
-			   *orgnum;
+			*orgnum;
 
 	NUM_TOCHAR_prepare;
 
@@ -4170,6 +4173,9 @@
 	char	   *numstr,
 			   *orgnum;
 
+	if (!value)
+		return textin("");
+
 	NUM_TOCHAR_prepare;
 
 	/* ----------
@@ -4252,6 +4258,9 @@
 			   *orgnum,
 			   *p;
 
+	if (!value)
+		return textin("");
+
 	NUM_TOCHAR_prepare;
 
 	if (IS_ROMAN(&Num))
@@ -4329,6 +4338,9 @@
 	char	   *numstr,
 			   *orgnum,
 			   *p;
+
+	if (!value)
+		return textin("");
 
 	NUM_TOCHAR_prepare;