The same place you would enter your original expression -
AMCTRNo3: Right("000000000" & [AM_CTRNo3], 9)
And like Hal said, the destination field would need to be text.
Eric
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AccessDevelopers] Re: Help with query
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> Eric,
> Where did you enter this expression?
>
> A.T.
>
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> --- In AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Douglas"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > One thing I've done to force the length of a string and add leading
> > zeros is:
> >
> > Right("000000000" & [AM_CTRNo3], 9)
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
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> > > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:27 AM
> > > To: AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [AccessDevelopers] Help with query
> > >
> > > Two thoughts.
> > >
> > > First, the field being created should be text not numeric. If you
> > > are using a make table query, use the CStr function to
> make Access
> > > create this field as a text field. In this situation, I normally
> > > pre-create the table so I can control field definitions
> and the use
> > > a delete query to clear the table and an append query to populate
> > > the table.
> > >
> > > Second, concatenate the necessary 0's to the string by
> using an Iif
> > > statement and the Choose function such as
> > >
> > > AMCTRNO: Iif([AM_CTRNo3] Is Null, "000000000",
> > > CHOOSE(Len([AM_CTRNo3]),"00000000"&[AM_CTRNo3],"0000000"&[AM_C
> > > TRNo3],"000000"&[AM_CTRNo3],"00000"&[AM_CTRNo3]
> > >
> > > You will have to finish the above sequence but you should
> be able to
> > > see where this is going.
> > >
> > > Good Luck
> > > Hal
> > >
> > > Hal McGee
> > > Engineering Data Manager
> > > Group Engineering - Process and Compliance Seating Products Group
> > > B/E Aerospace Winston-Salem, NC
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> > > 10/24/2005 10:04
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> > > AM
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> > > Good Morning,
> > > I am creating a table that will be exported and a field that is
> > > input into the query needs to be formated to 9 zeroes if
> the field
> > > contains zeroes or spaces. I used the following format expression
> > > but only one zero is placed in the destination field. if
> the input
> > > field in the table
> > > (AM_CTRNo3) does not contain valid data.
> > > AMCTRNo3: IIf(IsNull([AM_CTRNo3]),0,[AM_CTRNo3])
> > > can someone help
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > A.T.
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