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     Posted: 02 Aug 2009 at 3:26am
How to eliminate leading zeros in crystal reports?

I have a field with 20 characters and only 5 last field are digit number different from zero.

How to convert 00000000000003456 --> 3456

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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 02 Aug 2009 at 5:02pm

create a formula field and convert it to a number field...

tonumber({table.textfield})
 
You can then right click on that field and format it as needed (e.g. no decimals)


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Quote ifejza Replybullet Posted: 08 Aug 2009 at 4:41am
Thanks DBlank,

But I don't explain in right way.

How to convert 00000000000003456AB --> 3456AB

I find one solution, but maybe exist better solution.

substring(column_name, patindex('%[^0]%',column_name), 10)

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