Categories:: Semi-structured and structured data functions (Type Predicates)

IS_ARRAY¶

Returns TRUE if its VARIANT argument contains an ARRAY value.

See also:: IS_<object_type> , IS_OBJECT

Syntax¶

IS_ARRAY( <variant_expr> )

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Arguments¶

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

Usage notes¶

This function does not support a structured type as an input argument.

Examples¶

This shows how to use the function:

Create a table and data:

CREATE TABLE multiple_types (
    array1 VARIANT,
    array2 VARIANT,
    boolean1 VARIANT,
    char1 VARIANT,
    varchar1 VARIANT,
    decimal1 VARIANT,
    double1 VARIANT,
    integer1 VARIANT,
    object1 VARIANT
    );
INSERT INTO multiple_types 
     (array1, array2, boolean1, char1, varchar1, 
      decimal1, double1, integer1, object1)
   SELECT 
     TO_VARIANT(TO_ARRAY('Example')), 
     TO_VARIANT(ARRAY_CONSTRUCT('Array-like', 'example')), 
     TO_VARIANT(TRUE), 
     TO_VARIANT('X'), 
     TO_VARIANT('I am a real character'), 
     TO_VARIANT(1.23::DECIMAL(6, 3)),
     TO_VARIANT(3.21::DOUBLE),
     TO_VARIANT(15),
     TO_VARIANT(TO_OBJECT(PARSE_JSON('{"Tree": "Pine"}')))
     ;

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Now run the query:

SELECT IS_ARRAY(array1), IS_ARRAY(array2), IS_ARRAY(boolean1) 
    FROM multiple_types;
+------------------+------------------+--------------------+
| IS_ARRAY(ARRAY1) | IS_ARRAY(ARRAY2) | IS_ARRAY(BOOLEAN1) |
|------------------+------------------+--------------------|
| True             | True             | False              |
+------------------+------------------+--------------------+

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