Append data to smallint data in informix4gl?

Applications Programming
1

Hi,
I have an smallint variable, say "a", i would like to prefix it with "0" in certain conditions. Is it possible to achieve that with this datatype?

For instance,

a=9 --> a=09

Many thanks

2

I doubt it would involve storing the number any differently. You may be able to choose the number of leading zeroes in the query.