At 10:11 -0700 10/11/02, Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote: >Hi, > >Does MySQL provide for any way to "pad" a field? I have accounts numbers >that vary from 3-5 digits, and would like them 8 digits padded by zeros >(479 becomes 00000479, 17234 becomes 00017234, etc). I know I could >probably write a script to fix that before entering the data into the >database, but I just wanted to know. Or maybe there is a way to pad it >while doing the query select?
INT(8) ZEROFILL, perhaps? > >Thanks, > > Bryan --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
