Add Preceeding Zero

I have a field in a table, datatype is varchar. The field contains values
such as, 1000000, 1000003, 5000001 (Left most position is always > 0). I
want to change the field to precede all field values with 0 to yield,
01000000, 01000003, 05000001. I have attempted this using the follow but,
does not work returning error
UPDATE NumVal_1
SET NumVal = '0' & NumVal
WHERE Left(NumVal,1) > 0
Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar
Am I even close to being on the right track?Your datatype for NumVal should be a character type, and you have to use +
instead of &
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HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"box2003" <box2003@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I have a field in a table, datatype is varchar. The field contains values
such as, 1000000, 1000003, 5000001 (Left most position is always > 0). I
want to change the field to precede all field values with 0 to yield,
01000000, 01000003, 05000001. I have attempted this using the follow but,
does not work returning error
UPDATE NumVal_1
SET NumVal = '0' & NumVal
WHERE Left(NumVal,1) > 0
Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar
Am I even close to being on the right track?|||I had just found the & and + problem, coming in from Access I use the &.
Thank you.
"Narayana Vyas Kondreddi" <answer_me@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Your datatype for NumVal should be a character type, and you have to use +
> instead of &
> --
> HTH,
> Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
> SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
>
> "box2003" <box2003@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ZIkgDgYFHA.2380@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have a field in a table, datatype is varchar. The field contains values
> such as, 1000000, 1000003, 5000001 (Left most position is always > 0). I
> want to change the field to precede all field values with 0 to yield,
> 01000000, 01000003, 05000001. I have attempted this using the follow but,
> does not work returning error
> UPDATE NumVal_1
> SET NumVal = '0' & NumVal
> WHERE Left(NumVal,1) > 0
> Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
> varchar
> Am I even close to being on the right track?
>
>