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Leading Zeros [message #374160]

Mon, 28 May 2001 21:28

damos
Messages: 1
Registered: May 2001

Junior Member

Hi folks,

this might sound really dumb to you but i'm only a beginner at all this stuff! :)

I'm using Oracle 8 to do a project and the damn thing keeps removing the leading zero's from my table entries...but i need them there.

Any help you can give me on getting around this would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Damos

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Re: Leading Zeros [message #374161 is a reply to message #374160]

Tue, 29 May 2001 01:03

Sarada
Messages: 27
Registered: April 2001

Junior Member

Oracle will not keep the leading zeroes in the number column. You just have to format the column before displaying according to your needs.

SQL> column cnt format 99999
SQL> select count(*) cnt from all_users;

CNT
------
70

SQL> column cnt format 00000
SQL> /

CNT
------
00070

HTH,

ORashark

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Re: Leading Zeros [message #374177 is a reply to message #374161]

Tue, 29 May 2001 11:25

Andrew again...
Messages: 270
Registered: July 2000

Senior Member

If you want to store leading 0's in the tables, you must sore the data as a string, not a number (typically varchar2)

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