http://ask.metafilter.com/10061/Decimal-values-in-DB2/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Decimal values in DB2 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:57:47 -0800 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:57:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/10061/Decimal-values-in-DB2 [DB2/SQLFilter] How do I cast a value of type DECIMAL(19,4) to a VARCHAR so that it has no leading zeroes, and only two digits after the decimal point? CHAR(DECIMAL( x(19,2) )) produces leading zeroes. post:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.10061 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:26:48 -0800 Space Coyote sql http://ask.metafilter.com/10061/Decimal-values-in-DB2#184230 I'm not sure if its SQL standard - in fact, I suspect it isn't - but many DBs support TRIM():<br> <br> TRIM(LEADING '0' FROM CHAR(DECIMAL( x(19,2)))) comment:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.10061-184230 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:57:47 -0800 ChasFile http://ask.metafilter.com/10061/Decimal-values-in-DB2#184335 STRIP(CHAR(DECIMAL(x(19,2))),L,'0') comment:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.10061-184335 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:49:58 -0800 smackfu