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&gt;I am coverting a &nbsp;column from character to numeric in SQL. &nbsp;<br />
&gt;I would like to see the &quot;0&quot; at the leading zeroes. <br />
What you are asking is not possible, as no numeric data types support leading zeros. <br />
So ... it can't be done.
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>I am coverting a  column from character to numeric in SQL.  
>I would like to see the "0" at the leading zeroes.
What you are asking is not possible, as no numeric data types support leading zeros.
So ... it can't be done.

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To 'pad' a number with leading zeros and display it..<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39279134-1">Declare @num int = 1234

SELECT RIGHT('00000' + CAST(@num as varchar(max)), 5)</code></pre>
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To 'pad' a number with leading zeros and display it..



Declare @num int = 1234

SELECT RIGHT('00000' + CAST(@num as varchar(max)), 5)

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jihorn,<br />
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This gives me leading zeroes, but it is &nbsp;1024 characters. &nbsp;I want 5 positions numeric.
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jihorn,

This gives me leading zeroes, but it is  1024 characters.  I want 5 positions numeric.

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Thanks for the grade. &nbsp;Good luck with your project. &nbsp;-Jim
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Thanks for the grade.  Good luck with your project.  -Jim

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Experts,<br />
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I am coverting a &nbsp;column from character to numeric in SQL. &nbsp;I would like to see the &quot;0&quot; at the leading zeroes. &nbsp;Can someone tell me how to format the output?<br />
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This is what I have to convert from character to numeric.<br />
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,(select convert( numeric( 5, 0 ), left( member.member_zip, 5 ))) as zip
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Experts,

I am coverting a  column from character to numeric in SQL.  I would like to see the "0" at the leading zeroes.  Can someone tell me how to format the output?

This is what I have to convert from character to numeric.


,(select convert( numeric( 5, 0 ), left( member.member_zip, 5 ))) as zip

Zero filling zip code in SQL and converting from character to numeric

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