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

Had same issue, this is how I resolved... Simple and elegant. The "4" is how long the string should be, no matter what length of integer is passed it will pad with zero's up to "4".

STUFF(SomeVariableOrField,1,0,REPLICATE('0',4 - LEN(SomeVariableOrField)))