How to convert int to char with leading zeros?

Question

I need to convert int datafield to nvarchar with leading zeros

example:

1 convert to \'001\'

867 convert to \'000867\', etc.

thx.

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Answer 1

One line solution (per se) for SQL Server 2008 or above:

DECLARE @DesiredLenght INT = 20;
SELECT 
    CONCAT(
        REPLICATE(
            '0',
            (@DesiredLenght-LEN([Column])) * (1+SIGN(@DesiredLenght-LEN([Column])) / 2) ),
        [Column])
FROM Table;

Multiplication by SIGN expression is equivalent to MAX(0, @DesiredLenght-LEN([Column])). The problem is that MAX() accepts only one argument...