CONVERT(char(8), BillingDate, 1) and CONVERT(varchar(9), PaymentTotal, 1) : CONVERT « Data Convert Functions « SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial

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6> create table Billings (
7>     BankerID           INTEGER,
8>     BillingNumber      INTEGER,
9>      BillingDate        datetime,
10>      BillingTotal       INTEGER,
11>      TermsID            INTEGER,
12>      BillingDueDate     datetime ,
13>      PaymentTotal       INTEGER,
14>      CreditTotal        INTEGER
15>
16>  );
17>  GO
1>
2> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (1, 1, '2005-01-22', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (2, 2, '2001-02-21', 165, 1,'2002-02-22',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (3, 3, '2003-05-02', 165, 1,'2005-04-12',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (4, 4, '1999-03-12', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (5, 5, '2000-04-23', 165, 1,'2005-04-17',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (6, 6, '2001-06-14', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (7, 7, '2002-07-15', 165, 1,'2005-04-19',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (8, 8, '2003-08-16', 165, 1,'2005-04-20',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (9, 9, '2004-09-17', 165, 1,'2005-04-21',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (0, 0, '2005-10-18', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
4> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4>
5>
6>
7> SELECT CONVERT(char(8), BillingDate, 1)
8>     ,  CONVERT(varchar(9), PaymentTotal, 1)
9> FROM Billings
10> GO

-------- ---------
01/22/05 123
02/21/01 123
05/02/03 123
03/12/99 123
04/23/00 123
06/14/01 123
07/15/02 123
08/16/03 123
09/17/04 123
10/18/05 123

(10 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> drop table Billings;
4> GO