Format decimal to have zero in front

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Format decimal to have zero in front

ramadesai108

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January 12, 2012 at 9:36 am

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Hi All,
I have a view where I get the result from a decimal as 8.55, 90.07, etc. I want the result as 08.55 and 90.07. I tried casting it as varchar adding '0' at the front. But that gives me 909.07 and 08.55. How can I achieve this?
Thanks.

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Cadavre SSC-Forever Points: 41690 More actions · Answer 1

ramadesai108 (1/12/2012)
Hi All,
I have a view where I get the result from a decimal as 8.55, 90.07, etc. I want the result as 08.55 and 90.07. I tried casting it as varchar adding '0' at the front. But that gives me 909.07 and 08.55. How can I achieve this?
Thanks.

DDL of your view please

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Cadavre (1/12/2012)
ramadesai108 (1/12/2012)
Hi All,
I have a view where I get the result from a decimal as 8.55, 90.07, etc. I want the result as 08.55 and 90.07. I tried casting it as varchar adding '0' at the front. But that gives me 909.07 and 08.55. How can I achieve this?
Thanks.
DDL of your view please

Yes please. The 909.07 is a very interesting result that the DDL may explain.

Test data would be very helpful too.

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ramadesai108 SSChampion Points: 10609 More actions · Answer 3

I should have searched on this site before posting, I apologize. I found the solution on this site as:

REPLICATE('0',(3-len(floor(Entry))))+ cast(Entry as nchar(20))

Thanks to whoever contributed the solution.

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Cool - glad you found the answer.

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 5

An alternative method...

WITH SampleData (Entry) AS (

SELECT 8.55

UNION ALL

SELECT 90.07

)

SELECT Solution = REPLICATE('0',(3-len(floor(Entry))))+ cast(Entry as nchar(20)),

Alternative = REPLACE(STR(Entry,6,2),SPACE(1),'0')

FROM SampleData

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ramadesai108 SSChampion Points: 10609 More actions · Answer 6

Sartori,

I liked your alternate solution better. It converts to string, but how do I convert the result back to decimal?

Thanks.

ramadesai108 SSChampion Points: 10609 More actions · Answer 7

I could not convert it to string because some of the data is not in decimal format. So my issue is now resolved.

Thanks for your help.

Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135381 More actions · Answer 8

with numeric data, leading zeroes do not play a significant role, so don't worry.

If you want leading zeroes in your result, handle that in your presentation layer (gui, report, ...)

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