Is there any functions or something I can put in the query so my data comes back with only a date for the date and only two decimal points for the numbers?You are generally best off leaving the formatting to the code that receives the data from the database. But you can use the Convert function to format a date and the round function for numeric values.
SELECT Convert(varchar,DateField,101),Round(NumericField,2)
FROM YourTable
However, Round may not work quite as you expect. It will round the value but not necessarily format it for display as you might expect. Other date formats are available, check Sql Server Books OnLine under the convert function for the options.|||I agree with McMurdo, however, that the best place to handle this is outside of the database, in your code that is displaying the data.|||I agree, this is what I wanted - the ability to have the data formatted correctly from SQL. I tried for ages to find a way to do that on the basis of what I new about MySQL (which has a lot of functions for this).
But I'll look into it, as ideally I want my data coming in right from the SQL Query, rather than .Net doing it. Indeed, there is another thread in another forum arguing that as people kept giving me the whole Eval solution.|||Can you strip trailing spaces as well - I have a CUSTNMBR that is 5 characters long put it pads it with four spaces to to make it 9 (the length of the field).
I'll investigate the day, so I may have the answer this morning (UK Time).|||Use RTRIM or LTRIM to strip spaces.sql
