Question

Hey I am looking to create an order reference which is something like this

PLC0000001

Where the 1 would be my order id

but lets say it gets to 100 would like

PLC0000100

In VB.NET how could I build up a string like where i know i.e.

the starting part = PLC
Ending part = Order ID

middle = fill in 0’s

Answer 1

Is it possible for you to build the order code in SQL? You could do something like this instead:

DECLARE @Sequence INT
SET @Sequence = 100

SELECT ('PLC' + REPLICATE('0', (7 - LEN((@Sequence)))) +  CAST(@Sequence AS VARCHAR(5)) 

You can change the number 7 to reflect however many leading zeros you want.

In VB.NET you could do something like this:

Dim Number As Integer = 100
Dim LeadingZeros As Integer = 7 - Number.Length

Dim OrderCode As String = "PLC" & Number.ToString.PadLeft(LeadingZeros, "0")