How to Format SQL Data Records

Syntax for SQL FORMAT

SELECT FORMAT(col_name,format) FROM tbl_name;

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Microsoft SQL server 2019

Taurius Litvinavicius

5.0 (0)

Demo Database

The example table "Products":

SQL FORMAT: Example

In the code example below we pick the name of the product with its price for the present day in the table "Product" (YYY-MM-DD):

SELECT FORMAT(col_name,format) FROM tbl_name

SQLite Syntax: Example

SELECT strftime('%Y %m %d', date) AS new_date 
FROM orders;