Question

The result I am aiming for is (for all the columns to be calculated)

The Number of Invoices Per Date
1 There were a total of 1 invoice(s) on Apr 02, 2012
2 There were a total of 5 invoice(s) on Apr 01, 2012

The InvoiceDate Table needs to be formatted but I can’t seem to CAST IT at all there’s multiple invoice dates on the day which have to be calculated somehow :S

SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 107) AS InvoiceDate FROM Invoices

above is as far as i’ve got but it repeats the same date over and over

Answer 1

It sounds like you want this:

select 
  'There were a total of '
  + cast(count(*) as varchar(10)) 
  + ' invoice(s) on '
  + convert(varchar(12), yourDateCol, 107)
from invoices
group by convert(varchar(12), yourDateCol, 107)