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vishu.av
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 Posted - 2007-04-20 : 07:14:10
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| Hi All,Is there equivalent of LPAD in SQL 2000 similar to that in Oracle?I am trying to work out for below piece of queryTO_CAHR(LPAD(columnname,20,'0'))vishuBangalore |
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harsh_athalye
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Posted - 2007-04-20 : 07:17:10
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| [code]Left(replicate('0',20) + columnname, 20)[/code]Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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vishu.av
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Posted - 2007-04-20 : 07:54:00
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| Thanks Harsh.vishuBangalore |
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harsh_athalye
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Posted - 2007-04-20 : 07:59:50
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Alternately you can do it this way:select replace(str(columnname, 20), ' ', '0') Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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DonAtWork
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Posted - 2007-04-20 : 13:02:19
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| Don't you mean RIGHT(replicate('0',20) + columnname, 20)[Signature]For fast help, follow this link:http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25.aspxLearn SQLhttp://www.sql-tutorial.net/ http://www.firstsql.com/tutor.htm http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp |
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harsh_athalye
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Posted - 2007-04-21 : 11:39:50
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| Yes. Thanks Don for the correction.Harsh AthalyeIndia."The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED" |
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DonAtWork
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Posted - 2007-04-23 : 09:04:23
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 I beat the PesoBOT to the punch! I win![Signature]For fast help, follow this link:http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25.aspxLearn SQLhttp://www.sql-tutorial.net/ http://www.firstsql.com/tutor.htm http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp |
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