Perfect
Thanks Michael :-)
Andy
Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 07:15:02PM +0100, Andy Shellam wrote:
>> So, what I'm trying to do is use a primary key to generate invoice
>> numbers such as "INV0000001", "INV0000002" etc. Obviously a sequence
>> generates the increments, but when I try formatting it, it adds a space
>> at the beginning of the number.
>
> The FM modifier suppresses padding spaces.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIMEMOD-TABLE
>
> test=> SELECT 'INV' || to_char(123, 'FM0000000');
> ?column?
> ------------
> INV0000123
> (1 row)
>
