"Director General: NEFACOMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 on Windows
> On WinXP, it even crashes the server when I add extra date fields.
> On Win2k AS, it doesn't crash the MySQL server but it returns unexpected
> results.
Thanks for report! It's a known bug:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=2182
>
> Thanks
> Emery
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Victoria Reznichenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:36
> Subject: Re: Problem with LPAD() function
>
>
>> "Director General: NEFACOMP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > I think there is a bug in LPAD() function.
>> >
>> > Just try to run this query:
>> > SELECT LPAD(12, 3, '0');
>> > This will correctly return 012 as expected.
>> >
>> > But when I run
>> > SELECT LPAD(512, 3, '0');
>> > It doesn't return 512, instead it returns special characters.
>> >
>> > With that situation I tried the following
>> > SELECT LPAD('512', 3, '0');
>> > And it worked as required.
>> >
>> > So, my conclusion will be that the type conversion will only take place
> when the number of characters to PAD is bigger than the length of the
> original string.
>>
>> What version do you use?
>> Works like a charm for me:
>>
>> mysql> SELECT LPAD(12, 3, '0');
>> +------------------+
>> | LPAD(12, 3, '0') |
>> +------------------+
>> | 012 |
>> +------------------+
>> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>>
>> mysql> SELECT LPAD(512, 3, '0');
>> +-------------------+
>> | LPAD(512, 3, '0') |
>> +-------------------+
>> | 512 |
>> +-------------------+
>> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>>
>
>
>
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