Jonathan Mangin wrote:
>>>I'm creating a new MySQL database from an existing Filemaker db.
>>>
>>>My problem is that some of the existing 'numbers' in one column (it
>>>was a text field in FMP) have leading zeros. eg: 003, 0007, 012,
>>>001234. I need to maintain these numbers 'as is' - complete with
>>>zeros. I've tried all the numeric data types and they all seem to
>>>strip these leading zeros. Is it possible to have a numeric field
>>>type which will maintain those zeros? I want this column to become
>>>the primary key.
>>>
>>>
>>"leading zeros" is a typical "display requirement".
>>
>>An integer value does not have something as leading zeros.
>>
>>Why not make the VARCHAR the PK and keep the datatype?
>>
>>Martijn Tonies
>>Database Workbench - development tool for MySQL, and more!
>>
>>
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>The manual states (among other things) declaring a column:
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>int(6) zerofill
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>will left pad the column with zeros.
>003 will become 000003.
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This won't work with his 3, 4, and 6 character examples.
