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Asked: 2026-05-18T23:52:52+00:00

I have an INT field in my table, which I’d like to select as

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I have an INT field in my table, which I’d like to select as a zero-padded string. So for example, 8 would come out as 008, 23 as 023 and so on. Is this possible in a MySQL query?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re looking for the LPAD function:

    SELECT LPAD(23, 3, '0'); -- '023'

    Edit:

    As pointed out by @Brad in the comments, you could also define the column with ZEROFILL:

    `foo` INT(3) ZEROFILL

    This would always produce at least 3 digit numbers (It would zero-pad numbers less than 3 digits, and not effect those more). It’s useful if you always need the numbers to come out like that (And not just in one query)…

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