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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Michael.

Asked: September 16, 2016 - 6:42 pm UTC

Last updated: September 19, 2016 - 4:40 pm UTC

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For two records, this part of the select returns 2, would like to return 000000000000002


(sum(count(distinct(RPAD(to_char(spriden_pidm),15,'000000000000000'))))) Record_count

and Connor said...

Do your formatting LAST, ie

sum(count(distinct(to_char(xxx))))


becomes

to_char(sum(count(distinct(xxx))),'fm0000000000000')



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Works perfectly!

Michael Calvin, September 19, 2016 - 12:39 pm UTC

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
Connor McDonald
September 19, 2016 - 4:40 pm UTC

glad we could help
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