Hi,
I'm converting a query from Access to SQL Server.
In this query I select from a column that contains numbers, the result I want is a varchar that is always 2 chars wide..
Ie:
7 should be selected as '07'
12 should be selected as '12'
In the Access-query it's rather nicely done with:
Format(Str(mycolumn),"00")
I could not find a way to make CONVERT do the same job... but I found that:
LEFT('00',2-LEN(CAST(mycolumn as varchar)))+CAST(mycolumn as varchar)
will do the job.
But it feels like it could be done nicer.. any suggestions?Im Pretty new to this myself but how about
RIGHT('00' + CAST(MyColumn as Varchar(2)),2)
Dave|||Thanks, I was too left oriented in my thinking :-)
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