Concatenate 2 Integers Into 1 Varchar (SQL)

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Today's coding issue involves 2 Integer fields that need to be concatenated into 1 big field and that field needs to be Varchar.  To accomplish this, you will need to Cast each  Integer as a Varchar then concatenate them.

For Example, in an SQL table called tblPetOwners you have 2 fields (OwnerNumber & PetNumber)   which are Integers and wish to join them with an '&' in between them.  To do this, you have to CAST them both as Varchar before concatenating them.  Below is the best way I have came across to accomplish this task and I show you the data in the table, the code itself, followed by the results.

Table tblPetOwners Data:

OwnerNumber
PetNumber
223122
543224
643233
235432
332342
654523

Example Code:

SELECT CAST(OwnerNumber AS VARCHAR(10) ) 
+ ' & ' + 
CAST(PetNumber AS VARCHAR(10) ) OwnerAndPet, OwnerNumber, PetNumber 
FROM tblPetOwners

Results Data:

OwnerAndPet
OwnerNumber
PetNumber
223122 & 543224
223122
543224
643233 & 235432
643233
235432
332342 & 654523
332342
654523

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