Formatting a field for a fixed length Flat File
I need to format a Flat File Fixed Length report for a client. In it they have allocated 12 characters for the patients phone number. In the file output, I need to format the phone exactly like this:
555/444-3333
I would like to know what would be the best way to right this value? I need to account for NULLs and if there is a NULL I need 12 blank spaces.
My field name is pp.Phone1
555/444-3333
I would like to know what would be the best way to right this value? I need to account for NULLs and if there is a NULL I need 12 blank spaces.
My field name is pp.Phone1
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Shoot, that won't work now that I think about it as it's always going to be adding "/" and "+" to the inside query, which makes it never null. If it is null, this will still return "/+" i believe. Sorry about that. Let me see what I can figure.
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I think radceasar has it. You're going to have to script something. Can you use T-SQL?
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If it is different, like (###)###-###, then this will need a little modification. The key is that is always the same format, otherwise this won't work.