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Vack
Aged Yak Warrior
530 Posts |
 Posted - 2012-05-21 : 14:24:58
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| How do I add leading spaces to a field?Need to make sure the value is 20 characters long with leading spaces. '632' needs to become ' 632' |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2012-05-21 : 14:40:14
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Usually it's Trailing spacesIst it coming from a column or a local variable?DECLARE @x varchar(255)SET @x = '632'SELECT '"'+@x+'"'SELECT '"'+RIGHT(space(20)+@x,20)+'"' AS [@x+20] |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-05-21 : 16:06:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Vack
How do I add leading spaces to a field?Need to make sure the value is 20 characters long with leading spaces. '632' needs to become ' 632'
STR(field,20)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2012-05-22 : 06:31:45
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| This is related to formatting. If you use front end application do the formation thereMadhivanan Failing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Leading Spaces