Probelm creating a Custom Field with the same name, but a different type

Probelm creating a Custom Field with the same name, but a different type

Hi,

I originally had a custom field named "Property Value" with a CURRENCY type. I deleted that field and made a new one, with the same name, and made it a TEXT type. However, when I try to make a new lead and type in that value, it still only accepts currency values. It does not treat it as text, yet that is what it is defined as in the "List of Fields" area under account setup.

Do I have to use a new custom field name? Is there a lag time for the custom field to be updated? This seems like a bug to me.

PS. - It would be nice to have a better error message than the "4500 a problem occurred" when using the API. I've been banging my head trying to figure out why my API code wasn't working. Something like "Please fill in a valid value for this field - [FIELD NAME]"