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Hi,
I am trying to add leading zeros to a field but the zeros are not displying in the results.

The code below will display the added zeros because I have a space at the beginning of my leading zeros:

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  1.  
  2. SELECT ' 0000000'+ STR(DATE_FIELD,7,0) as DATEFMT
  3. FROM tbl_1
  4.  
  5.  
Results: ' 0000000999999'

Note: DATE_FIELD is a float in tbl_1

But when I add the RIGHT function to cut the field down to 7 characters I get the following:

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  1.  
  2. SELECT RIGHT(' 0000000'+ STR(DATE_FIELD,7,0),7) as DATEFMT
  3. FROM tbl_1
  4.  
  5.  
Displayed Results: '999999'

I want to see this displayed as '0999999'

I've tried casting the whole RIGHT function to a char(7) but that doesn't work.

Can someone please help tell me how I can get the zeros to display?
Dec 17 '10 #1
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ck9663
2,878 Recognized Expert Specialist
Use cast instead of str()

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  1.  
  2. right('0000000' + cast(date_field as varchar(7)),7)
  3.  
  4.  

Happy Coding!!!

~~ CK
Dec 17 '10 #2
Jessica Tubbs
3 New Member
Hi ck9663

I tried your solution but get the arithmetic overflow error for type varchar. Any other suggestions?
Dec 17 '10 #3
Jessica Tubbs
3 New Member
Hi ck9663

I tried your solution but get the arithmetic overflow error for type varchar. Any other suggestions?
Dec 17 '10 #4

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