Update in ORACLE, varchar values with '00'.

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Values in a varchar field which was of size (6) use to appear as 001234 now it have been converted to(8)but they still are appearing 001234 i want it to appear as 00001234 and want to update those values directly
the column needed to update is set with constraint.

please help

UPDATE 1: OP want to update those values without using LEN or REPLICATE

Posted 1-Jul-10 19:25pm

Ishas

Updated 1-Jul-10 20:09pm

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Sandeep Mewara 2-Jul-10 1:28am

Keep patience. People will reply back when they are free.

Please dont delete the old same question and post as new next time!

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Jörgen Andersson · Answer 1 · 2010-07-07T08:05:00

Solution 2

update table set field = lpad(field, 8, '0');

Posted 7-Jul-10 8:05am

Jörgen Andersson