Thanks, sometimes the obvious just passes me by. :-(
If the number is negative there needs to be room for the minus sign...
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If the number is negative there needs to be room for the minus sign...
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:25:02AM -, Ben Trewern wrote:
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
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
Is there any reason why :
SELECT char_length(to_char(1, '000'));
Gives a result
char_length
-
4
(1 row)
It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front.
Is this a bug?
Regards,
Ben
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Ben Trewern wrote:
Is there any reason why :
SELECT char_length(to_char(1, '000'));
Gives a result
char_length
-
4
(1 row)
It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string 001 with a space in front.
Is this a bug?
Regards,
Ben
Try formatting the result:
SELECT
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
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