------------------------------------------------------------------
A. Using both CAST and CONVERT

-- Use CAST
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT SUBSTRING(Name, 1, 30) AS ProductName, ListPrice
FROM Production.Product
WHERE CAST(ListPrice AS int) LIKE '3%';
GO

-- Use CONVERT.
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT SUBSTRING(Name, 1, 30) AS ProductName, ListPrice
FROM Production.Product
WHERE CONVERT(int, ListPrice) LIKE '3%';
GO
------------------------------------------------------------------
B. Using CAST with arithmetic operators

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT CAST(ROUND(SalesYTD/CommissionPCT, 0) AS int) AS 'Computed'
FROM Sales.SalesPerson 
WHERE CommissionPCT != 0;
GO

output:
Computed      
------ 
379753754
346698349
257144242
176493899
281101272
0
301872549
212623750
298948202
250784119
239246890
101664220
124511336
97688107

(14 row(s) affected)

------------------------------------------------------------------
C. Using CAST to concatenate

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT 'The list price is ' + CAST(ListPrice AS varchar(12)) AS ListPrice
FROM Production.Product
WHERE ListPrice BETWEEN 350.00 AND 400.00;
GO

output:
ListPrice
------------------
The list price is 357.06
The list price is 364.09
The list price is 364.09
The list price is 364.09
The list price is 364.09

(5 row(s) affected)

------------------------------------------------------------------
D. Using CAST to produce more readable text

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT DISTINCT CAST(p.Name AS char(10)) AS Name, s.UnitPrice
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail s JOIN Production.Product p on s.ProductID = p.ProductID
WHERE Name LIKE 'Long-Sleeve Logo Jersey, M';
GO

output:
Name       UnitPrice
---------- ---------------------
Long-Sleev 31.2437
Long-Sleev 32.4935
Long-Sleev 49.99

(3 row(s) affected)

------------------------------------------------------------------
E. Using CAST with the LIKE clause

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT p.FirstName, p.LastName, s.SalesYTD, s.SalesPersonID
FROM Person.Contact p JOIN Sales.SalesPerson s ON p.ContactID = s.SalesPersonID
WHERE CAST(CAST(s.SalesYTD AS int) AS char(20)) LIKE '2%';
GO

output:

FirstName        LastName            SalesYTD         SalesPersonID
---------------- ------------------- ---------------- -------------
Carol            Elliott             2811012.7151      279
Julie            Estes               219088.8836       288
Janeth           Esteves             2241204.0424      289

(3 row(s) affected)

------------------------------------------------------------------
F. Using CONVERT or CAST with typed XML

CONVERT(XML, '<root><child/></root>')
CONVERT(XML, '<root>          <child/>         </root>', 1)
CAST('<Name><FName>Carol</FName><LName>Elliot</LName></Name>'  AS XML)

------------------------------------------------------------------
G. Using CAST and CONVERT with datetime data

SELECT 
   GETDATE() AS UnconvertedDateTime,
   CAST(GETDATE() AS nvarchar(30)) AS UsingCast,
   CONVERT(nvarchar(30), GETDATE(), 126) AS UsingConvertTo_ISO8601  ;
GO

output:
UnconvertedDateTime     UsingCast                      UsingConvertTo_ISO8601 

----------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ 

2006-04-18 09:58:04.570 Apr 18 2006 9:58AM            2006-04-18T09:58:04.570 

(1 row(s) affected) 



SELECT 
   '2006-04-04T15:50:59.997' AS UnconvertedText,
   CAST('2006-04-04T15:50:59.997' AS datetime) AS UsingCast,
   CONVERT(datetime, '2006-04-04T15:50:59.997', 126) AS UsingConvertFrom_ISO8601 ;
GO


output:
UnconvertedText         UsingCast               UsingConvertFrom_ISO8601 

----------------------- ----------------------- ------------------------ 

2006-04-04T15:50:59.997 2006-04-04 15:50:59.997 2006-04-04 15:50:59.997 


(1 row(s) affected) 

------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------