Inserting 000 into a column

i have to insert three zeros into a column.
if i do it only one zero is getting inserted.
please advice.
cheers,
AJ

Hi,
I assume that you have the datatype for the column as number. It is not a wise idea to store the number in varchar2 format. Having said that, if you have the column as number, you can very well mask it to any format you would like it (based on many requirement like, currency format etc).
To answer your question here, if it is the number format, then you can use the to_char function with a formatter to get the desired format.
SQL> select to_char(0,'0000') from dual;
TO_CH
0000
SQL> select to_char(0,'0,000') from dual;
TO_CHA
0,000
SQL> select to_char(0,'0.000') from dual;
TO_CHA
0.000-Arun

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