On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Vincent Teachout <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm fairly good with SQL, but I really don't know a lot about MSSQL. > > I have a new field: UID, char(10). I'd like to fill it with a 10 > character incrementing "number" i.e., > "0000000000" > "0000000001" > "0000000002" > .... etc, up to the number of records currently in the file.
--Set up vars declare @number int declare @string varchar(10) declare @size_of_fixed_string tinyint set @size_of_fixed_string = 10 set @number = 40 print replicate( '0', @size_of_fixed_string ) pretty simple. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
