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Re: to_char (33, '0009') adds an extra white space

From: <sybrandb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 9 Jan 2006 05:44:38 -0800
Message-ID: <1136814278.434529.146080@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> 





Nothing wrong. Oracle adds automatically a '-' for negative numbers and
a ' ' for positive numbers.


(As documented).


If you don't want that prefix the format with 'fm', so
to_char(33,'fm0009')


-- 
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA


Received on Mon Jan 09 2006 - 07:44:38 CST












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