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May 21st, 2010, 02:05 AM
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converting db need six digit w leading zeros,
I need to have a six digit value for an ID field. Old db has values ranging
from one to four characters and need to front fill with zeros 
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May 21st, 2010, 02:31 AM
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converting db need six digit w leading zeros,
=right("000000"&a1,6)
Assuming information is in cell a1 -- Wag more, bark less "eStreet4ever" wrote: I need to have a six digit value for an ID field. Old db has values ranging from one to four characters and need to front fill with zeros
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May 21st, 2010, 05:51 AM
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converting db need six digit w leading zeros,
If this is just for display purpose then custom format the cells to 000000
The below will return the value as text and not numeric... =TEXT(A1,"000000") -- Jacob (MVP - Excel) "eStreet4ever" wrote: I need to have a six digit value for an ID field. Old db has values ranging from one to four characters and need to front fill with zeros
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