How do I format data in the SQL statement

It has been a couple of years but I remember being able to format numbers,
dates and text in SQL Server statements, can't find much in online books ,
Where can I relearn this, thanks
JimThat's a little vague but I think you are after CONVERT(). See BooksOnLine
for more details.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Jim Warren" <jmwarren@.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> It has been a couple of years but I remember being able to format numbers,
> dates and text in SQL Server statements, can't find much in online books
> ,
> Where can I relearn this, thanks
> Jim
>|||Sorry
How do I make Number into zero decimal point i.e. 2.0000000 into 2. How do I
convert dates from 2005-1-14 to Jan 1, 2005. Is there a format statement of
some kind
Thanks
Jim
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> That's a little vague but I think you are after CONVERT(). See
> BooksOnLine for more details.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "Jim Warren" <jmwarren@.msu.edu> wrote in message
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>|||Yes. It's called CONVERT().
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However, CONVERT will not handle your first requirement. You will need to do
that in your client application.
PS. dates are not stored with any format. They are stored as pairs of
integers. You really need to start reading in Books Online (BOL)
Jim Warren wrote:
> Sorry
> How do I make Number into zero decimal point i.e. 2.0000000 into 2.
> How do I convert dates from 2005-1-14 to Jan 1, 2005. Is there a
> format statement of some kind
> Thanks
> Jim
> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote in message
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"NO SPAM"|||As I stated and Bob confirmed you would want to look at CONVERT() in
BooksOnLine. You can convert the decimal into an INT and that will loos the
decimal places.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Jim Warren" <jmwarren@.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> Sorry
> How do I make Number into zero decimal point i.e. 2.0000000 into 2. How do
> I convert dates from 2005-1-14 to Jan 1, 2005. Is there a format statement
> of some kind
> Thanks
> Jim
> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote in message
> news:O9sU4llCFHA.1292@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>