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deepakugale
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 Posted - 2010-05-11 : 02:28:57
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| What is difference between CAST and CONVERT ? |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2010-05-11 : 03:22:08
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Apart from the datetime formatting capabilities of CONVERT, CAST and CONVERT do identical jobs.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic487723-8-1.aspx#bm488058
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2010-05-11 : 03:47:43
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| Also CAST is ANSI standard and CONVERT is notMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2010-05-11 : 03:49:56
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" Apart from the datetime formatting capabilities of CONVERT"... and Money ... and others  Personally, because I sometimes use CONVERT for its formatting ability, I never use CAST so that I don't wind up with a mix of the two. |
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2010-05-11 : 03:52:32
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Originally posted by Kristen
" Apart from the datetime formatting capabilities of CONVERT"... and Money ... and others Personally, because I sometimes use CONVERT for its formatting ability, I never use CAST so that I don't wind up with a mix of the two.
I use usually CAST and use CONVERT whenever the front-ends don't do the formations  MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2010-05-11 : 06:15:46
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That's a reasonable approach (although I'd prefer "I always use CAST except when I need to force the format")  I find the CAST syntax harder to read quickly. |
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Difference between CAST and CONVERT