TRY_BASE64_DECODE_BINARY¶

Syntax¶

TRY_BASE64_DECODE_BINARY(<input> [, <alphabet>])

Arguments¶

input

The base64-encoded string to convert to BINARY data type.

alphabet

A string consisting of up to three ASCII characters:

• The first two characters in the string specify the last two characters (indexes 62 and 63) in the alphabet used to encode the input:

  • A to Z (indexes 0-25).

  • a to z (indexes 26-51).

  • 0 to 9 (indexes 52-61).

  • + and / (indexes 62, 63).

  Defaults: + and /

• The third character in the string specifies the character used for padding.

  Default: =

Returns¶

This returns a BINARY value. The value can be inserted into a column of type BINARY, for example.

Usage notes¶

For more information about base64 format, see base64.

Examples¶

This shows how to use the function TRY_BASE64_DECODE_BINARY. The function is used in the INSERT statement to decode a base64-encoded string into a BINARY field; the function is not used in the SELECT statement.

Create a table and insert data:

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CREATE TABLE base64 (v VARCHAR, base64_encoded_varchar VARCHAR, b BINARY);
INSERT INTO base64 (v, base64_encoded_varchar, b)
   SELECT 'HELP', BASE64_ENCODE('HELP'),
      TRY_BASE64_DECODE_BINARY(BASE64_ENCODE('HELP'));

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Now run a query to show that we can retrieve the data intact:

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SELECT v, base64_encoded_varchar, 
    -- Convert binary -> base64-encoded-string
    TO_VARCHAR(b, 'BASE64'),
    -- Convert binary back to original value
    TO_VARCHAR(b, 'UTF-8')
  FROM base64;
+------+------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------+
| V    | BASE64_ENCODED_VARCHAR | TO_VARCHAR(B, 'BASE64') | TO_VARCHAR(B, 'UTF-8') |
|------+------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------|
| HELP | SEVMUA==               | SEVMUA==                | HELP                   |
+------+------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------+

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