You can try
select CAST(cast('0000000000000000000000004' as NUMERIC(20)) AS varchar);
Pavel
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> Hi,
> Is there an equivalent for the trunc function of Oracle in Postgres???
> I need to trunc(the zeros) a number which is stored as a char with a lot of zeros
> Like that : 0000000000000000000000000000004
>
> In oracle you can make that by trunc(YOUR_COLUMNNAME,0)
>
> Thanxx
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