Get month and year from a datetime in SQL Server 2005

Question

I need the month+year from the datetime in SQL Server like \'Jan 2008\'. I\'m grouping the query by month, year. I\'ve searched and found functions like datepart, convert, e

Answer 1

If you mean you want them back as a string, in that format;

SELECT 
  CONVERT(CHAR(4), date_of_birth, 100) + CONVERT(CHAR(4), date_of_birth, 120) 
FROM customers

Here are the other format options