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How to Add Leading Zeros in SQL Server 2005

By Technology Last updated Friday, October/25/2024

1). Click the Windows "Start" button and select "All Programs." Click "Microsoft SQL Server," then click "SQL Server Management Studio."
2). Log in to your database, then click the database name in the left panel to activate it. Click "New Query" to open the T-SQL editor.
3). Create the variables. You create a variable to contains the new string after you convert the number to a string. Type the following code in the editor:

declare @number as varchar(20)
4). Convert the number and assign the converted number to the string:

set @number = cast(@original as varchar(20))
5). Add leading zeros to the string:

set @number = '000' + @number