--- cacti-0.8.7d/lib/snmp.php	2009-02-11 21:55:50.000000000 -0500
+++ cacti-patched/lib/snmp.php	2009-03-02 20:00:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 
 	/* now check for the second most obvious */
 	if (is_numeric($string)) {
-		return $string;
+		return trim($string);
 	}
 
 	/* remove ALL quotes, and other special delimiters */