title: SharePoint column values contain extra ;# characters
body: <p>There's this bug that interferes with the output of data at my Silverlight 2.0 control. When users for eg., select a user from a SharePoint 2007 column field <strong>Person or Group</strong>, the output will be displayed as:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>9;#Carol</code> or</li>
  <li><code>string;#4/8/2011</code> (column field <strong>Date and Time</strong>)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>How may I eliminate the additional characters passed in then?<br>
  Hotfixes didn't help much either.</p>