Comments on: Clear Leading ZERO’S http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/clear-leading-zeros-2/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/clear-leading-zeros-2/#comment-107749 tomliotta Fri, 25 May 2012 07:41:16 +0000 #comment-107749 Yes moving from a character variable to a numeric value

You can’t clear leading zeros from a numeric field. If you do, it’s not numeric any more.

If you need the zeros cleared, then don’t use a numeric field — use a character field.

Tom

]]> By: 22917 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/clear-leading-zeros-2/#comment-107476 22917 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:13 +0000 #comment-107476 Yes moving from a character variable to a numeric value

]]> By: deepu9321 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/clear-leading-zeros-2/#comment-107472 deepu9321 Mon, 14 May 2012 08:18:34 +0000 #comment-107472 Are you moving the data to numeric field from a character variable?

Pradeep.

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