title: SQL Server 2008 thousands separator for a column
body: <p>I have a column called <code>TotalArea</code> and its format is <code>numeric (12,2)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I want it to display the numbers with a thousand separator so when I </p>
  
  <pre><code>select TotalArea from table
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to show me a format like <code>1,234.00</code>.</p>
  
  <p>How could I do that? Thanks!</p>