Leading zeros in data uploading

hello experts,
i am uploading the data for the business partner using lsmw
here my issue is while i am uploading the data i am feeding the system for the business partner like '0000001' but when i finish the uploading and when i check the records it is saving in the sap data base as '1'
how to get the business partner no.s with the leading zeros .
Thanks in advanse
Naveen

That is weird. In your LSMW, look at the "Converted Data" How does this number look at that point? How are you seeing "1", in the database via SE16? At row view? Or Record View? You may be seeing the conversion routine, depending on how you are looking at the data. If you go to SE16, enter the table name, and then enter your "1" as the field value, hit execute. You now see the row for the record. How does it look here? This will give a true representation of how the data is being stored. If you double-click on this line, you will see the record with the conversion routines ran against it. Here I would expect to see "1" instead of "000001".
Regards,
Rich Heilman

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