Re: Looking for an SQL to append leading zeros

Rick Thanks
  But I want to update , not for display.
   I want to update FIELD2 with leading zeroes
 there by making it as 10 char value(wherever FIELD2 is less than 10 char) for  
FIELD1   in ('NYC1','NYC2')
   
  Donna


rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Donna, try:

select digits(dec(field2,10,0)) as field2
from FILE
where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2')



On 11/9/06, donna lester wrote:

Thanks a lot Buck for your posting.
I apologize I made a mistake in my posting, FIELD2 is defined as 18 char.

select FIELD2 from FILE where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2').


I want to update FIELD2 with leading zeroes
there by making it as 10 char value(wherever FIELD2 is less than 10 char) for 
FIELD1 in ('NYC1','NYC2')


Donna

Buck wrote:

select digits(FIELD2) from FILE where FIELD1 IN ('NYC1','NYC2')

This does nt work for me.
I want to update FIELD2 with leading
zeroes wherever it finds a value less than 10 digits.

It sounds like FIELD2 is already a numeric field. If that's the case,
then it is already stored with leading zeroes. Perhaps you're really
looking for a way to _present_ the value of FIELD2, so that the
presentation includes leading zeroes?

What are you using to see the value of FIELD2? Debug? A display file?
A report? DSPPFM? UPDDTA?

--buck
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Thanks,

Donna.

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