Categories:: Semi-structured and structured data functions (Cast)

AS_BINARY¶

Casts a VARIANT value to a binary string.

See also:: AS_<object_type>

Syntax¶

AS_BINARY( <variant_expr> )

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Arguments¶

variant_expr: An expression that evaluates to a value of type VARIANT.

Examples¶

This shows how to use the function:

Create a table and data:

CREATE TABLE multiple_types (
    binary1 VARIANT,
    date1 VARIANT,
    decimal1 VARIANT,
    time1 VARIANT,
    timestamp1 VARIANT
    );
INSERT INTO multiple_types 
     (binary1, date1, decimal1, time1, timestamp1)
   SELECT 
     TO_VARIANT(TO_BINARY('F0A5')),
     TO_VARIANT(TO_DATE('2018-10-10')), 
     TO_VARIANT(TO_DECIMAL(1.23, 6, 3)),
     TO_VARIANT(TO_TIME('12:34:56')),
     TO_VARIANT(TO_TIMESTAMP_NTZ('2018-10-10 12:34:56'))
     ;

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Now run the query:

SELECT AS_BINARY(binary1) AS "Binary" FROM multiple_types;

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Output:

+--------+
| Binary |
|--------|
| F0A5   |
+--------+

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