--- Corey <corey@bitworthy.net> wrote:
>
> I've got the following:
>
> cc_exp_month numeric(2,0)
>
>
> So that I could input '06', for instance -- however the 0 doesn't make it's
> way into the column... I get '6' instead.
>
> I want to constrain this in the db, which is why I don't just use:
>
> cc_exp_month integer
>
>
> My question: what do I need to do to have the constraint ( two digits ) work,
> while still keeping the extra 0?
I guess that you will have to use char or varchar is you "want" to have 0 infront of 6. However,
if you want it to actually be a numeric, then you will need to use some kind of formatting to
display all 0-9 as 00-09 when you select records from this table.
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.