Oracle, adding leading zeros to string (not number) Oracle, adding leading zeros to string (not number) oracle oracle

Oracle, adding leading zeros to string (not number)


You can use the LPAD function for that, passing in the string, the length you want it to be, and the character to pad it with. For 10 digits with leading zeroes this would be:

LPAD('12H89', 10, '0')

The return value is the padded string.

See: http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/lpad.php