Concatenate in sql server query

Question

I try to concatenate id and date to populate in dropdown.

select VisitID as Value,  Convert(nvarchar(50),VisitID)+' - '+Convert(nvarchar(50),VisitDate) as Text 
from Visit

above query work for me to concatenate but the result is in the form of '21 - Feb 13 2013 12:00AM'

i want the result should be in form of '21 - 02/13/2012'

what I need to do?

Answer 1

Use CONVERT and supply third parameter for date and time styles.

Try this:

select VisitID as Value, Convert(nvarchar(50),VisitID)+' - '+Convert(nvarchar(50),VisitDate, 101) as Text 
from Visit