URGENT HELP ON SQL LOADER CONTROL FILE

Dear All,
Please find my control file below. I need two leading zeros for the coulmn DDA_CLEARING_NUMBER. Presently its loading 18 characters. position is (0791:0808). Now i need this to be loaded with two leading zeros to the left. I need padding two zeros in front of the 18 characters. HOW CAN I DO THAT? PLEASE HELP ME IN IT.
OPTIONS (DIRECT=FALSE,
ROWS=30000,
BINDSIZE=3000000,
READSIZE=3000000,
SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDEXES=TRUE)
LOAD DATA
INFILE '/xxx/xxx/xxx.dat'
BADFILE '/xxx/xxx/xxx.bad'
DISCARDFILE '/dev/null'
APPEND
INTO TABLE AAA
WHEN MONTH_END_STATUS = 'O'
TIME_PERIOD POSITION (0079:0086) DATE "YYYYMMDD",
SERVICE_TYPE POSITION (0077:0078) CHAR,
ACCOUNT_NUMBER POSITION (0001:0020) CHAR,
MONTH_END_STATUS POSITION (0060:0060) CHAR,
CIF_BANK POSITION (0066:0069) CHAR,
CIF_BRANCH POSITION (0070:0074) CHAR,
PLAN_CODE POSITION (0075:0076) CHAR,
DDA_CLEARING_NUMBER POSITION (0791:0808) CHAR,
TAX_ID POSITION (0516:0524) CHAR)

Dear peterson,
When i do what you said, its inserting nothing. not even space. Please help me in it what to do?
thanks and regards

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