Keeping leading zeroes in flat file

I am loading data from a flat file to a DSO.
One of the columns in the flat file is data type CHAR with a length of two. The data values will be either 01, 02 or 03.
When I load the data, the leading zeroes are dropped. Thus, I see 1, 2 and 3 in my DSO. How can I prevent this happening?

Hi,
Right Click on that column in Excel file and Formate Cells >Custome> Under Type give "00" and then give the values in column like 01 , 02 .... and save as .csv and close it, immediatly load it, DON"T OPEN FILE, because , if you open it will reset to 1, 2... SO again you need to Right click.....and formare cells..
Thanks
Reddy
Edited by: Surendra Reddy on Jun 24, 2010 4:28 PM

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