diff between Cast and Convert

what is the diff between cast and convertCONVERT function has a parameter called style.
"Subramaniyan Ramesh" <SubramaniyanRamesh@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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> what is the diff between cast and convert|||I believe also that CAST is part of standard SQL, but CONVERT is
specific to SQL Server.
Roy
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:35:20 +0300, "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il>
wrote:

>CONVERT function has a parameter called style.
>"Subramaniyan Ramesh" <SubramaniyanRamesh@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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>|||I'd say specific to deal with DATES :-))
"Roy Harvey" <roy_harvey@.snet.net> wrote in message
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>I believe also that CAST is part of standard SQL, but CONVERT is
> specific to SQL Server.
> Roy
>
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:35:20 +0300, "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il>
> wrote:
>|||CONVERT has existed since 1.0. CAST was introduced in some later version (6.
0 or 7.0, I'm not sure).
Roy is correct that CAST is ANSI SQL. And I also agree that *if* you want to
do date formatting in
SQL Server, then CONVERT is the one to use.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message news:elJzEuGZGHA.3444@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
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> I'd say specific to deal with DATES :-))
> "Roy Harvey" <roy_harvey@.snet.net> wrote in message
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