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eem_2055
Yak Posting Veteran

69 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-15 : 04:23:12

Hi guys,

need your help.

what can I do to convert the ff:

00001250 to 000001250

what syntax should I use?

tnx

RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master

3608 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-15 : 04:29:04

If you always want it to be 9 characters, then:


select right('000000000' + '00001250', 9)

eem_2055
Yak Posting Veteran

69 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-15 : 06:02:51

thanks alot!

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-17 : 09:03:51

Another method

select replace(str('00001250',9),' ','0')

However consider doing the formation at the front end application

Madhivanan

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