Using currency $ format with sql server?

Question

I have data in my sql database like 645.000 and i need to format it to include currency symbols e.g., $645.000

How can I achieve this in SQL?

Answer 1

what is the datatype of your column?

In general currency prefixes should be added only in the UI (User Interface) and at the database level you should work just with numbers. Best data type to store money values is MONEY.