// We have to do a raw sql query for this since otherwise PDO will quote the value and MySQL will
// search the value as a string which prevents being able to do number-based operations
// on the tag values. We ensure it has a numeric value and then cast it just to be sure.
// We have to do a raw sql query for this since otherwise PDO will quote the value and MySQL will
// search the value as a string which prevents being able to do number-based operations
// on the tag values. We ensure it has a numeric value and then cast it just to be sure.