Index: django-ajax-selects/ajax_select/fields.py
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--- django-ajax-selects.orig/ajax_select/fields.py	2011-03-28 14:07:29.703838699 +1100
+++ django-ajax-selects/ajax_select/fields.py	2011-03-28 14:08:38.481005431 +1100
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
         got = data.get(name, None)
         if got:
-            return long(got)
+            return got
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 
     def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
         # eg. u'members': [u'|229|4688|190|']
-        return [long(val) for val in data.get(name,'').split('|') if val]
+        return [val for val in data.get(name,'').split('|') if val]
 
 
 
