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Thread: Format change

  1. #1
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    Is there any function in SQL Server to change the format of a numeric field(e.g. value 125000 to $1,25,000, 10000 to $10,000 etc ),just like TO_CHAR function in Oracle

  2. #2
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    Hi,
    you can try to use the CAST(expression AS data_type) or CONVERT (data_type[(length)], expression [, style])
    functions.

    ex:
    select CAST(EMPNO AS char(2)) from EMP;
    select CONVERT(char(2), EMPNO) from EMP;

    regards.

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    It's been a long time since SQLServer, but for some reason, I think that the conversion functions will only convert the datatype. I *think* you then want to use a function maybe called 'format' to actually format the string - not positive of this at all - just something to check into.

    - Chris

  4. #4
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    the problem is still unsolved

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