>From the docs: "FM suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be fixed-width"
It works now but for one I don't understand why the space is added in the firs place and two I think the docs don't tell the whole story ie leading blanks and I assume trailing zeros if applicable. Regards, Ben "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Ben Trewern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string " 001" with a space in >> front. >> Is this a bug? > > No. > > Possibly you want 'FM000'. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
