format numbers as text in excel when exporting from datatable

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Hi,

I'm having a datatable with one of the column values as 0123,1234,etc.
When I'm exporting the datatable to excel 0123 value is displaying as 123 only. How can i get the number as 0123 in excel?

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Posted 27-Aug-12 3:33am

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Manas Bhardwaj · Answer 1 · 2012-08-27T03:49:00

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Look at this link:

http://www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/CSV/CSV01.htm#CSVAndExcel[^]

Posted 27-Aug-12 3:49am

Manas Bhardwaj