Hi,
Not to say which is better or worse, I find the use
of lpad() interesting as well:
select problem_id,
lpad (cast(solution_count as varchar), 9, '0')
from problem;
Regards,
Tena Sakai
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Sent: Sun 6/15/2008 11:48 PM
To: A. Kretschmer
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Subject: Re: [SQL] Results with leading zero
Perfect!
Thank you very mcuh :)
2008/6/16 A. Kretschmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> am Mon, dem 16.06.2008, um 11:48:01 +1000 mailte novice folgendes:
>> I have a table
>>
>> CREATE TABLE problem (
>> problem_id integer,
>> solution_count integer
>> );
>>
>> INSERT INTO problem VALUES (1001, 4);
>> INSERT INTO problem VALUES (1012, 11);
>>
>> SELECT * from problem;
>>
>> problem_id | solution_count
>> ------------+---------------
>> 1001 | 4
>> 1012 | 11
>> (2 rows)
>>
>>
>> Is there a way I could write a query to produce the following? I will
>> need the leading zero for solution < 10
>>
>> problem_id | solution
>> -------------+------------
>> 1001 | 01
>> 1001 | 02
>
> My previous answer was a little bit wrong (no leading zero for solution
> < 10), sorry. But no problem:
>
> select problem_id, to_char(generate_Series(1,solution_count),'09') as
> solution_count from problem ;
>
>
>
> Andreas
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