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April 12, 2016 at 10:29 am

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akljfhnlaflkj SSC Guru Points: 76202 More actions · Answer 1

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April 28, 2016 at 6:31 am

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I think I may have a use for this, thanks.

dhart SSC Journeyman Points: 98 More actions · Answer 2

In my case, I needed to add the 'N' parameter for @UseFixedLength in the SELECT statement to avoid an error regarding invalid number of arguments. Also the result displayed for the 2nd Pad at Front example was not correct. The syntax I'm using for the SELECTS is as follows:

Pad at Front:

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SELECT dbo.[KDT_FN_PADLEN]('11','0',7,'Y','N')

will result in

000000011

SELECT dbo.[KDT_FN_PADLEN]('11','0',7,'Y','Y')

will result in

0000011

Pad at Back:

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SELECT dbo.[KDT_FN_PADLEN]('11','0',7,'N','N')

will result in

110000000

SELECT dbo.[KDT_FN_PADLEN]('11','0',7,'N','Y')

will result in

1100000

Michael L John One Orange Chip Points: 27060 More actions · Answer 3

Couldn't this have been simplified with the REPLICATE function?

SELECT REPLICATE(@CharsTobePaddedWith, @PadLenght) + @PaddedChar

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dhart SSC Journeyman Points: 98 More actions · Answer 4

Michael makes a great point!

You can use the REPLICATE function to accomplish this much more simply, and

if needed you could use the DATELENGTH() string function to set the length

Kraai SSC Veteran Points: 255 More actions · Answer 5

Awesome Thanks for the feedback:-)

I will definitively use the REPLICATE function, and rewrite the code.

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