>>I'm "translating" an SQL statement from VFP and one of the fields I'm pulling needs to be nchar(3) left filled with '0'.
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>>In VFP it's PADL(alltrim(str(eclscore)),3,'0') - eclscore is a numeric, so I know I need to Cast(eclscore as nchar(3)), but I can't seem to find the PADL replacement - what should I be using to do the PADL?
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>select RIGHT('000' + cast(EclScore as varchar(10)),3)

Is there a specific reason you're casting as a varchar(10)? I'm asking for clarification, not to be a smart a$$.