[mso] Re: Displaying leading zeros in Access

Thanks to Ken & James! It works.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Grubb [mailto:kgrubb@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:20 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Displaying leading zeros in Access



Peggy Wier wrote:

> How can I have leading zeros display in a field that contains a
> number. The number is being delivered as number, but in database
> terms it really needs only be text (no calculations are done on it).

Open your table in Design View, select the residency code field, and put 000
(three zeroes) in Format.  However, I agree with James.  In this case it's
best to make the field Text and set the Field Size to 3.

Ken Grubb
Burlington, NC


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