Question

I have a table table1 with column A holding values

ORD26
ORD27
ORD28

I have a second table table2 with column B holding values

21/10/2011
22/10/2011
25/10/2011

I want the result as

ORD26-21/10/2011
ORD27-22/10/2011
ORD28-25/10/2011

I need to take this value to a drop down list ..

How can I do this?

Answer 1

If your two tables have a common column order_id, and your column in table2 is a DATETIME, then use this query:

SELECT
  t1.A + ' - ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), t2.B, 103)
FROM dbo.Table1 t1 
INNER JOIN dbo.Table2 t2 ON t1.order_id = t2.order_id

The “style” of your converted datetime column is controlled by the CONVERT function in T-SQL – read all about it on MSDN Books Online