SQL Server converting varbinary to string

Question

I want to do conversion in T-SQL from a varbinary type to string type

Here is an example :

First I got this varbinary

0x21232F297A57A5A743894A0E4A801FC3 

And then I want to convert it to

21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3 

How to do this?

Answer 1

Try:

DECLARE @varbinaryField varbinary(max); SET @varbinaryField = 0x21232F297A57A5A743894A0E4A801FC3;  SELECT CONVERT(varchar(max),@varbinaryField,2),  @varbinaryField 

UPDATED: For SQL Server 2008