if ($self->datatype->[$_] =~ /^(?:TINYINT|MEDIUMINT|SMALLINT|INT|INTEGER|BIGINT|FLOAT|DOUBLE)$/) {
			$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} = 0 + substr ($textinput, $self->flatfield_start->[$_], $self->flatfield_length->[$_]);# create a numeric value.
			# Decimal-correction
			if ($self->decimals->[$_] > 0 and defined $hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName}) {
				$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} /= 10**$self->decimals->[$_];
			}
		} else {
			$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} = substr ($textinput, $self->flatfield_start->[$_], $self->flatfield_length->[$_]);
			$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} =~ s/^\s*(.*?)\s*$/$1/;    # Trim whitespace
			# Fill empty fields with that field's default value, if such a value is defined
			if ($hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} eq "") { 
				if (defined $self->standadefaultard->[$_]) {
					if ($self->datatype->[$_] =~ /^(?:CHAR|VARCHAR|DATE|TIME|DATETIME)$/) {
						$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} = sprintf ("%s", $self->default->[$_]);
					} else {
						$hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName} = $self->default->[$_];
					}
				} else {
					# Remove empty field
					delete $hr_returnvalue->{$CurrentColumnName};
				}
			} 
		}