SQL select and update with case statement

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SQL select and update with case statement

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emyk
Yak Posting Veteran

57 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-20 : 13:42:53

I need to do a select of a column and if the length of the selected column not equals to 4 then update the column (left Pad with zero's). Expected column length's are 1,2,3,4.


UPDATE table1
SET col1 = 
(CASE WHEN Len(col1) = 3 THEN '0' + col1 
      WHEN Len(col1) = 2 THEN '00' + col1
      WHEN Len(col1) = 1 THEN '000' + col1
ELSE col1  END)
and col1 IN (select col1 from table1 where LEN(col1) <> 4 )

Sample Data:
Col1
010
02
3
430
0210

Desire output:
Col1
0010
0002
0003
0430
0210

MIK_2008
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1054 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-20 : 13:54:46

SELECT Right('0000'+Col1,4) FROM Table1 WHERE Len(Col1)<>4;

If the result of the above query is the desired one then

UPDATE Table1 SET Col1=Right('0000'+col1,4)
WHERE Len(Col1)<>4

Cheers
MIK

shan007
Starting Member

17 Posts

Posted - 2013-06-20 : 16:37:43

your request can be simplified without case statement as in below. Let me know if it helps.

Assume col1 is varchar type

select REPLICATE(0,4-LEN(col1)) + col1
from table1 where Len(col1)<>4

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